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yard not be turned to the best account? 

 Why should any open space be deprived of 

 a green tree, a few shrubs and plants and 

 flowers, to ornament it ? Why should the 

 back drawing-room, as is so often the case 

 even in good houses, have nothing better 

 to look out upon than bare walls and a 

 dirty pavement ? It should be observed 

 that turf grows well under the influence of 

 smoke, that trellis-work will hide any un- 

 sightly object, and the large quick-growing 

 Irish Ivy (Hedera Canariensis} will soon 

 cover a wall; a light verandah, also, at 

 the drawing-room windows may be made 

 available for creepers. The common nas- 

 turtium will do well, and so will the 

 different varieties of tropseolum, also Tro- 

 pceolum Canarienses ; but care must be 

 taken that they do not suffer from drought, 

 for drought in a smoky atmosphere is far 

 more injurious to plants than it is where 

 the air is clear and pure. 



The following list will be found to con- 

 tain most of the trees, shrubs, herbaceous 

 plants, and annuals, at present introduced 

 into this country, which are not so sus- 

 ceptible of the injurious influences of a 

 vitiated atmosphere as many others, and 

 which are consequently suitable for our 

 cities and large towns : 



Acer pseudo-platanus, or Sycamore. 



,, rubrum, or Swamp Maple. 



Achillea lingulata. 

 Aucuba japonica. 



^sculus hippocastanum, or Horse Chestnut. 

 Ageratum. 

 Alyssum. 



Ampelopsis hederacea, or Virginian Creeper. 

 Amygdalus communis, or Sweet Almond. 

 Antirrhinum, or Snapdragon. 

 Aristotelia Macqui. 

 Artemisia abrotunum, or Southernwood. 

 Aster, varieties of. 



Betula alba, or Common White Birch. 

 Bignonia radicans. 



Calceolarias. ." 



Carnations. 



Chrysanthemum, all varieties of. 

 Clematis flamula. 



montana. 



, vitalba, or Traveller's Joy. 

 Cornus mascula, or Cornel. 

 ,, sanguinea. 



Crataegus oxycantha, or Commen Hawthorn, 



and varieties. 

 Crocus. 



Cytisus laburnum, or Common Laburnum. 

 alpinus, or Scotch Laburnum. 

 ,, scoparius, or Common Broom. 

 Dahlias. 

 Daisies. 



Daphne Mezereum. 

 Dracocephalum. 



Enpnymus Europaeus. or Spindle Tree. 

 Epilobium angustifolium, or Willow Herb. 

 Fagus sylvatica, or Common Beech. 

 Foxglove. 



Fraxinus, or Ash, all varieties of. 

 Genista, or Sweet Almond. 

 German Stocks. 

 Gladiolus. 

 Heartsease. 



Hedera Helix, or Common Ivy, and varieties. 

 Helleborus niger, or Christmas Rose. 

 Hollyhocks. 

 Hypericum calycinum.orSt. John's Wort, large 



variety. 



Hypericum elatum. 

 Ilex aquifolium, or Holly, and varieties. 

 Jasminum, officinale, or Common Jasmine. 

 Juglans regia, or Walnut. 

 Lavender. 

 Lily of the Valley. 

 Lycium Barbarum, or Box Thorn. 

 Magnolia grandiflora. 

 ,, conspicua. 

 glauca. 

 Mahonia aquifolia, or prickly-leaved Barbary or 



Berbers. 



Mespilus Germanica, or Common Medlar. 

 Mignonette. 

 Mimulus. 



Norus nigra, or Common Black Mulberry. 

 Negundo fraxinifolium, or Ash-leaved Maple. 

 Philadelphus grandiflorus, or Syringa. 

 Phillyrea, all varieties. 

 Phlomis fruticosa, or Jerusalem Sage. 

 Phloxes, all hardy varieties. 

 Pinks. 

 Polyanthus. 

 Populus fastigrata, or Lombardy Poplars. 



,, nigra, or Black Poplar. 

 Pyrus aucuparia, or Mountain Ash. 

 Rhamnus alaternus, or Buckthorn. 

 Rhododendron ponticum. 

 Rhus typhina, or Fever Sumach. 



cotinus, or Wild Olive. 

 Robinia pseud-acacia, or Common Acacia, 

 Rockets. 



Roses Maiden's Blush. 

 M Provence. 

 Rose de Meaux. 

 Rubus, or Bramble, varieties of. 

 Salix, or Willow, varieties of. 

 Sambucus nigra, or Elder. 

 Santolina chamse-cyparissus, or Ground Cy 



press. 



Scarlet geraniums. 

 Snowdrop. 

 Sophora Japonica. 

 Spartium junceum, or Spanish Broom. 

 Staphylea trifolia, or Bladder Nut. 



,, pinnata. 

 Sunflower. 



