Round the raullioned casements twine 

 Honeysuckle, jessamine, 

 Clematis with purple bloom, 

 Convolvolus, tropaeolum, 

 And the everlasting pea 

 Intermixed with these you'll see." 



ANOX. 



ABROTHAM'NUS 



nat. ord. (Solona'cese). 



An exceedingly hand- 

 some greenhouse ever- 

 green shrub, otherwise 

 known as Cestrum corym- 

 bosmn. It has bunches of brilliant- 

 coloured flowers of a waxy appearance, 

 especially useful for the winter and 

 spring decoration of the conservatory or 

 drawing-room. The habrothamnus may 

 also be grown against a south wall in warm 

 localities, with winter protection. It suc- 

 ceeds best in a compost of peat and fine 

 rich loam. 



Hammer and Appliances used 

 in Wall Training. 



The hammer used by the gardener 

 in training trees on walls is, from its 

 shape, usually kno\vn as a "claw ham- 

 mer.'' Its shape is shown in Fig. I. It 

 has a striking face on one side or at one 

 end, and the other is slightly curved and 

 divided, so that it may be used for extract- 

 ing nails in walls, by grasping the head of 

 the nail in the cleft and pulling the handle 

 backwards. By this means the nails are 

 easily lifted out of the bricks in which they 

 are driven, but before applying leverage to 

 the nail by means of the hammer, it is 

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