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beautiful honeysuckle from the Northwest coast ; the flow- 

 ers are large, and of a bright copper colour, inclining to 

 orange. They are all perfectly hardy. 



Lonicera flexuosa, Chinese Honeysuckle, of late introduc- 

 tion ; it is perfectly hardy, withstanding our most severe 

 frosts without the least injury ; it is a very sweet-scented 

 honeysuckle, grows rapidly,- and to an immense height. It 

 flowers in pairs and threes all up the branches, covering the 

 whole plant completely with flowers. It blossoms in spring 

 and autumn, and is a very valuable acquisition to our gar- 

 dens and shrubberies. 



Lonicera Japonica, or Japan Honeysuckle. This bears 

 flowers in great profusion, which are white, afterward be- 

 coming of a light yellow. It is not so hardy as the Chinese, 

 and requires a little protection in the winter. 



Passiflora, or Passion Vine. There are several hardy 

 species, but the best is the Passiflora incarnata; this, 

 although it dies to the ground every winter, will, during the 

 summer, grow fiom twenty to thirty feet, and yield abun- 

 dance of beautiful purple flowers. 



Periplaca grceca, or Silk Vine. A prolific climber, wood 

 slender, twining and elastic, leaves smooth, ovate, lanceolate. 

 Established plants will grow thirty or forty feet in one sea- 

 son, and yield flowers in clusters, of a brownish yellow 

 colour, from May to July. 



I shall only add to the above, the running kind of Roses ; 

 although there are many other things which might be men 

 tioned. 



Rosa multiflora, from China, is pretty well known, pro- 

 ducing thousands of small double red roses in bunches. It 

 requires a sheltered situation from some of our keen north- 

 westers. Rosa multiflora alba, from the same country, is of 

 late importation, but as it increases readily, may be obtained 

 at about the same price as the former ; the bunches of flow- 

 ers are white. Rosa Grevillia, a running rose, also from 

 China, the flowers of various colours. Rosa rubifolia, Rasp- 



