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nation of good and popular qualities. There are several 

 species and varieties, but the best are the Fragrant monthly, 

 the Scarlet and Yellow Trumpet, and some varieties of the 

 latter which are new, but not strikingly different. The Chi- 

 nese Twining (Lonicera flexuosa) is one of the sweetest and 

 prettiest, but it is liable to be winter-killed much in our New 

 England climate, unless in very favorable situations ; it is sub- 

 evergreen, and when the winter does not injure it, it is pref- 

 erable to the others, chiefly on account of its small and deli- 

 cate foliage, which is retained nearly all the year. 



The Dutchman's Pipe, (^ristolochia sipho.) Not common, 

 and only occasionally seen, though it is quite hardy and has 

 been introduced many years. It has a very large, broad, 

 roundish foliage, which clothes its stems, and curious shaped 

 flowers, the very pattern of a Dutchman's pipe, which set off its 

 luxuriant leaves. It grows freely in any good soil and a sit- 

 uation not too wet in winter. Its singular flowers depend in 

 great numbers from around its fine foliage, and render it a 

 very desirable addition to a collection. 



The Clematises, (Clematis flammula, &c.) All who have 

 seen the common Virgin's bower of our woods, know how 

 pretty a thing it is, especially when surmounting some large 

 shrub or evergreen tree, with whose lively foliage its white 

 flowers contrast so finely. Though common it is always 

 beautiful. But the best of this family is the C. flammula, 

 which in its flowers resembles the virginiana, though its 

 foliage is very different. The flowers are white, in the great- 

 est profusion, and exhale a most delightful odor. It dies 

 down to the ground every year, but springs up with aston- 

 ishing rapidity, and soon covers a large space. 



The Celastrus, (C. scandens,) commonly called Roxbury 

 wax work, is rarely seen in cultivation, but it is a very beau- 

 tiful vine ; its stems are stout and reedy, and it does not so 

 rapidly extend its shoots as the honeysuckle. Its flowers are 

 inconspicuous, but its red berries are very ornamental, and are 

 displayed in abundance through the autumn months. 



The Woodbine, or Virginia Creeper, (Ampelopsis.) For 

 a rapid growing vine, with handsome deep green and much 



