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age, well calculated for an arbour; affording a dense and 

 cooling shade. 



Atragene alpina. A free-growing deciduous shrub, with 

 small pinnated foliage, and large blush-coloured flowers, 

 which continue from May to July. 



Bignonia crucigera is a desirable evergreen, being of a 

 luxuriant growth. It will cover in a few years an area of 

 fifty feet, and bloom from May to August ; colour orange. 



Bignonia radicans, or Trumpet Creeper, produces large 

 bunches of red trumpet-shaped flowers in July and August. 



Bignonia grandijlora, is much like the former in habit 

 and appearance, but the flowers are much larger. It is said 

 to be a native of China, and the former a native of this 

 country. They are both perfectly hardy, and will climb up 

 brick work or wooden fences, without any assistance. 



Clematis, or Virgin's Bower. There are several species, 

 some of them tender, or not sufficiently hardy for our severe 

 winters, without protection. The Clematis azurea, bicolor, 

 and jlama, are splendid varieties. The Clematis Virginica, 

 Viorna, Viticelli, and Vitalba, are perfectly hardy, and blos- 

 som throughout the summer. 



Glycine Sinensis, or Wistaria Sinensis, is a handsome Ghi- 

 nese Creeper of recent introduction from China, and is not 

 yet common in our nurseries. It is a beautiful vine, running 

 to a great height, and loaded with long racemes of purple 

 flowers throughout the summer. 



Glycine frulescens, or Wistaria frutescens. This beautiful 

 brother of the Chinese kind is a native of our Southern 

 States, grows much in the same way as the others, and is, 

 perhaps, not inferior. Although this fine creeper has been 

 long known in England, we have not heard much about it 

 by English writers ; the conclusion seems to be, that it does 

 not flower well in England. In fact none of our Southern 

 plants do well in that country, while those from China do 

 very well ; here, however, it is quite the reverse. I have 

 the Chinese Wistaria Sinensis, from fifteen to twenty feet high, 



