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THE VILLA GARDENEK. 



The flowering trees are : 



The horse chestnut. The double-blossomed peach. 



The robinia, or false acacia. The almond, and, in some places. Magnolia 



The laburnum, and its varieties. grandiflora. 



The hawthorn, and some of its varieties. 



The hardy climbing shrubs are : 

 The Wistaria, or Glycine sinensis ; the com- clematis ; Periploca grae'ca ; the common 



raon jasmine ; the Virginian creeper ; Cle- 

 matis montana, with some other kinds of 



passion-flower ; Menispermum canadense ; 

 Aristolochia sipho. 



The evergreens are not numerous, as they will not bear the smoke so well 

 as trees which lose their leaves in winter. All the American pines and 

 firs become stunted and shabby in a town garden. The Scotch pine does not 

 attain half its usual size, and its (bliage looks black and withered. The spruce 

 fir and the cedar of Lebanon lose their lower branches, and a great portion 

 of their leaves. The principal evergreens that will bear the smoke are :— 



gardens. The pyracantha, or evergreen 

 thorn, is an excellent plant to train against 

 a wall, from the great profusion of its 

 white blossoms, and its red berries, which 

 hang on all the winter. 

 Ivy, the common, the giant, the palmate, 

 the golden- leaved, and the silver-leaved, 

 are all valuable. 



The yew. 



The red cedar. 



Alat^rnus. 



The arbor vitae. 



The box, and 



The holly; of which last there are numerous 

 varieties. The Deodar cedar, Pinus Laricio, 

 and Pinus excelsa, will also grow in town 



The lilac. 



The garden syringa. 



The AlthEE^a friitex. 



The red-blossomed currant (Ribes sangui 

 neum). 



The sumach (Rhus Cotinus, and typhina). 



Cydbnia, or Pyrus japonica. 



Pavia macrostachya. 



The mezereon, pink, dark-red, and white- 

 flowered. 



Snowy mespilus (Amelanchier canadensis). 



The best deciduous shrubs are : 



Roses of various kinds ; observing that the 

 hybrid China and Bourbon roses will bear 

 the smoke better than the common cab- 

 bage, or Provence, or than the yellow 

 roses. The cluster, the tea-scented of 

 various kinds (particularly Rbsariiga), and 

 the perpetual roses (especially Lee's per- 

 petual, or the Rose du Roi), will grow as 

 well in London as in the country. Of the 

 moss-roses, the crested-moss is the best. 



The best evergreen shrubs are : 

 The laurel ; the privet ; the Portugal laurel ; butus ; the broom ; the double-blossomed 



and sometimes the laurustinus ; the ar- furze, and the alaternus. 



Herbaceous plants. 



The following list comprises most of the Scilla sibirica, and other kinds, 

 common perennials which will bear the Hyacinths of various kinds. 



Christmas rose (Helleborus niger). 



smoke : 



DM'ARF PLANTS. 



Alyssum saxiltile (yellow flowers). 



A'rabis montana, white, and some other 



kinds. 

 Aubrietia, purple. 

 Hepatica, pink, blue, and white. 

 Campanula pinnila, white and blue. 

 C. gargi'mica. and some other kinds. 



TALL PLANTS. 



Acouitum (monk'8-liood and wolf's-bane) of 

 various kinds. A. autumnale is a new 

 species, which flowers in autumn. 



Aquilegia (columbine) of various kinds. 



Adi)nis vernalis (yellow). 



Agrostemma coronaria (the rose campion). 



Antinliiiuim majus tricolor (variegated 



