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however, it is quite the reverse. I have the Chinese Wistaria 

 Sinensis from fifteen to twenty feet high, and the American 

 Wistaria about the same height. The Chinese does not look 

 so vigorous and green as his American brother. The Ameri- 

 can Wistaria should be planted in every garden with other 

 creepers, or to run up the trees in shrubberies, according to its 

 natural habit. 



Hedera Helix, Irish Ivy, is a desirable evergreen for cover- 

 ing naked walls, or any other unsightly object. The leaves 

 are of a lively green, and from three to five angled. There are 

 several varieties of it, all calculated for growing in con- 

 fined, shady situations, where plants in general will not 

 thrive. 



Jasminum officinale, Garden Jasmine. This delicious climb- 

 ing shrub has from time immemorial been common in Europe 

 for covering arbors. Its delicate white fragrant flovvers 

 render it very desirable ; but it is rather tender for our 

 Northern winters, unless well protected. In the Southern 

 States, this plant, and also the yellow Jasmine (revolutum), 

 grow luxuriantly and bloom profusely, and even Jasminum 

 grandiflora will endure the winters of South Carolina and 

 Georgia. 



Lonicera, comprehending all the fine sweet-scented honey- 

 suckles. Of the Italian kinds, the monthly honeysuckle is 

 decidedly superior, continuing to flower all through the sum- 

 mer, until late in autumn, and is very fragrant. Some of the 

 other European kinds may be occasionally introduced into 

 large shrubberies. There is a white honeysuckle, lately intro- 

 duced from France, denominated Hedysarum coronarium, 

 which is in great repute. Two or three American kinds 

 deserve particular notice. 



Lonicera sempervirens, or Coral Trumpet, monthly honey- 

 suckle, is extremely beautiful, flowering the whole of the 

 summer, with its thousands of scarlet bunches; it is, how^ever, 

 destitute of scent. 



Lonicera Fraseri, also an American ; the flowers are like the 



