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still, a gigantic head of Eoses ? I tlirow out these hints 

 for those who choose to act upon them. Draped trees, 

 such as I have described, may soon be had. I do not know 

 that a better tree than the Holly could be selected for a 

 support. Where the trees are not in tlie place in which they 

 are wanted, they sliould be moved about the end of August 

 to the desired situation, and if some good rich soil — loam and 

 decayed manure — is furnislied to the roots at tlie same time, 

 it will he in proper condition f(^r climbers in spring. Tlie 

 latter sliould be planted pretty closely to the stem of the tree, 

 and a start should be made with good vigorous plants, whether 

 of Honeysuckle, Eoses, or Clematis. The Eoses and other 

 things will want a little leading off at first till they get hold 

 of their supporters, but afterwards no pruning or interference 

 should be attempted. 



Mr. Hovey, in a letter from Boston, ]\Iass., wrote as 

 follows, on certain interesting aspects of tree drapery : — 



Some ten or fifteen years ago we bail occasion to plant three or 

 four rows of popular climbers in nursery rows, about 100 feet long ; 

 these consisted of the Virginian creeper, the Moonseetl (Menispermum), 

 Periploca gra-ca, and Celastrus scandens ; subsecj^uently, it hajj^jened 

 accidentally that four rows of rather large Tartarian (so-called) Arbor- 

 '\ita\s were planted on one side, and about the same numl)er of rows 

 of Smoke trees, Philadelphus, and Cornus tlorida, on the other. For 

 three or four years many of these climbers were taken up annually 

 until rather too old to remove, and year l)y year the Arbor-^vitits and 

 shrubs were thinned out until what were too large to safely transplant 

 remained. But the land was not wanted then, and the few scattered 

 trees and climbers grew on while cultivation was partially neglected, a 

 large specimen being occasionally taken out until the climl)ers had 

 fairly taken possession of the trees, and are now too beautiful to 

 disturb. It forms the most unic|ue specimen of tree drapery I have 

 ever seen. Some of the Arbor-vita^s are entirely overrun with the 

 Moonseed (Menispermum), whose large, slightly-scalloj)ed leaves over- 



