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and very remarkable variety of Honeysuckle, or flowering 

 which is found in the valley of the Columbia River, and which the 

 Rev. Mr. Parker has described as one of the first ornaments of 

 nature. He calk it the Yining Honeysuckle. Washington Irving 

 has also described the same plant in his "Astoria." The leaves are 

 oval, and disposed- in threes,; of a rich green- color ; each flower is com- 

 posed of six petals, about three inches long, of a beautiful crimsore 

 color, spotted inside with white. The plant climbs to the topmost 

 branches of trees,, after which, coH-tinming to grow, it descends, per- 

 pendicularly, extending from tree to tree, until, fin-ally, its vinous 

 stalks connect and interlace the groVe like the rigging of a ship. 

 From the fibres the Inc&ans manufacture baskets of so close a tex- 

 ture as to hold water. The stems of this vine are tougher and more 

 flexible than willows, and are stated to grow from three hundred to- 

 six hundred feet in length. 



FLOWERS. 



The lists of flowers recommended by most authors, are much too 1 

 extensive for general purposes. I have made choice of the lisS 

 recommended by Mr. Neil!, (Ed. Ency. Vol. x. part 2,) as the foun- 

 dation, and from this I have taken some, a'n'd added many, new and* 

 fine. It includes the most showy and conspicuous varieties known. 



1. FMTBJSTS' FLOWERS. 



These flowers are in a peculiar manner distinguished by the title 

 of Florists 1 flowers?. They a*e cultivated in beds by themselves ; 

 the principal are these 1. the Tulip; 2. the Ranunculus; 3. the 

 Anemone ; 4. the Iris ; 5. the Dahlia ; 6. the Pink ; 7. the Carna" 

 iion; 8. Polyanthas; 9. Auricula; 10. Hyacinth; 11. Polyanthus 

 Narcisstis; and, 12. the Crbcos. 



& PERENNIALS. 



Tall'growing, showy flowers, to intermix in die shrubbery border. 



Tot the shrubbery border, the following are recommended as the 

 fiiost suitable tall-growing, herbaceous plants 1 , Hofly feoefc, (Althact 

 rosea,) of different colors; September till hard frosts ; 2. Goat's Beard 

 Spiraea, (8< aruncusj) 3. Foxglove, (Digitalis,) biennial; 4. Monks- 

 hood, with blue and yellow flowers, (Atonitum, ;) 5. Larkspur, (Del- 

 phinium grandiflorum and ezaltatum, and >. sincnsis ;) 6. Colum- 

 bine (AquiltgicC) varieties ; 7. Iris, of the large species, (German- 

 ica, sambucina, and siberica ;) 8. Willow herb, (Epilvbium angusti- 

 foliurftf) 9. Double Feverfew, (Pyrcthrmn partltenium^ are showy 

 in flower; 10. Tall species of Asters, (A. puniceus^multijlora^^ttd. 

 linarifolia^ with blue and white flowers; 11. Tall species of Soli- 

 dago ; 12. Perennial Sunflowers, particularly Helianihus decapetelus 

 and H. multiflofus ; to these may be added, 13. Rudbeckia laciniata. 

 14. I add to this list the Tiger Lily, (Lilium tigridum.) Besides 

 tall plants, some of humbler growth may be added* as patches of ; 



