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vines as the Aristolochia, Wistaria, Trumpet vine, aud the 

 common Virginia creeper. In how many places are seen ever- 

 greens in a half dead condition, which only procrastination has 

 spared from the axe, and as unsightly as could well be ; but noth- 

 ing could be better on which to grow the Large-Flowered Clematis, 

 which furnishes a profusion of lovely bloom that no words can 

 describe. Some vines, like the Golden Honeysuckle, planted in the 

 grass, will pile themselves up in masses, and if any shrub is 

 within reach will finally clamber over it, producing an effect 

 entirely pleasing. There is nothing more charming in Nature than 

 the combination of shrub or tree with wild vines. Who has not 

 seen the living canopy of green formed by the wild grape over the 

 top of some tree or the stronger growing shrubs, or how some 

 wild vine converts a thicket of brambles, and an old fence into 

 objects of beauty that the most ambitious gardener might copy? 



It is not possible in a paper of this length even to name all of 

 the desirable hardy shrubs and plants now obtainable, but I think 

 it is well to give a list of what I would commend as the very best, 

 taking into consideration their ease of culture, as well as the beauty 

 of their bloom, form, and foliage. I know many would disagree 

 with me as to the contents of this list, but I am confident that the 

 beginner could make no mistake in including any or all of the 

 varieties named in this planting list. I have tried to name these 

 plants and shrubs somewhat in the order they hold in my esteem, 

 but this is a difficult matter, as I am very apt to think the finest 

 thing to be the last fine thing that I have seen. 



List of Plants. 



Hybrid Perpetual Roses in va- Single Hollyhocks, 



riety including Japanese Irises, 



Paul Neyron, Liliuni auratum, 



Ulrich Brunner, Rudheckia hirta, 



Mme. Gabriel Luizet, Aquilegias in variety. 



General Jacqueminot, Yucca Jilamentosa, 



Anna de Diesbach, Herbaceous Paeonies — single 



Magna Charta, and double, in variety. 



Baroness Rothschild, Lilium speciosum, 



Captain Christy, and HeliantJius Icetijlorus, 



Mabel Morrison, Foxgloves, 



Anemone Japonica alba, Tall Perennial Phloxes in va- 

 riety. 



