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or the south ; even adapting itself, after a while, and with 

 proper care, to the open lawn, where it may he trained so as to 

 form a weeping tree. It thrives in any good soil, and dis- 

 plays its long racemes of flowers twice a year — spring and 

 fall — more sparingly, however, at the latter season than the 

 former. 



For a year or two after it is planted it does not make much 

 headway ; hut when once established, it grows with aston- 

 ishing luxuriance, and soon covers the most roomy trellis or 

 largest arbor. 



There are three sorts, viz., the W. Consequa««, and the new 

 white variety of it, just introduced from China ; also the W. 

 frutescens, a native of our own climate ; the first is hand- 

 somer than the last, and quite as hardy. When the white 

 becomes more common, it should be planted everywhere as 

 a companion to the Consequana. 



The Prairie Roses, (Rosa, rubifolia var.) If our gardens 

 were once attractive from a good selection of climbing plants, 

 how much more must they now be, since the Double Prairie 

 roses have been added in so great a variety to our list. In- 

 deed, there were no hardy running roses worth having, until 

 the former were introduced. But with fifteen or twenty vari- 

 eties of this class, how much have our gardens been enriched ! 

 Every body plants a prairie rose ; or we might say, the 

 "Q,ueen of the Prairies," for not one in ten knows of the ex- 

 istence of other equally as fine kinds. They all grow in any 

 situation facing north or south, flower after other roses have 

 done, and with the variety of colors which may now be ob- 

 tained, contribute more than all others to the decorative char- 

 acter of every trellis or arbor. Some of the best sorts are the 

 following : — Q,ueen of the Prairies, Milledgeville, Baltimore 

 Belle, Anne Marie, Superba, Perpetual Pink, Mrs. Hovey, 

 Miss Gunnell, Triumphans, &c. 



Honeysuckles, (Caprifolium sp. and var. ) Perhaps some 

 individuals would place this fragrant vine at the head of all. 

 It is a remarkably sweet flowering plant ; and when we add 

 to its fragrance perpetual blooming, (from May to November,) 

 easy culture and hardiness, few can boast of a greater combi- 



