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Lonicera pubescens, or Caprifolium pubescens, a large 

 and beautiful honeysuckle from the North-west coast ; the 

 flowers are large, and of a bright copper colour, inclining to 

 orange — they are all perfectly hardy. 



Lonicera Jlexuosa — Chinese honeysuckle, of late intro- 

 duction ; it is perfectly hardy, withstanding our most severe 

 frosts without the least injury ; it is a very sweet-scented 

 honeysuckle, grows rapidly, and to an immense height. It 

 flowers in pairs and threes all up the branches, covering the 

 whole plant completely with flowers. It blossoms in Spring 

 and Autumn, and is a very valuable acquisition to our gar- 

 dens and shrubberies. 



Lonicera Japonica, or Japan honeysuckle. This bears 

 flowers in great profusion, which are white, afterwards be- 

 coming of a light yellow. It is not so hardy as the 

 Chinese, and requires a little protection in the Winter. 



Passiflora, or Passion Vine. There are several hardy 

 species, but the best is the Passiflora incarnata ; this, al- 

 though it dies to the ground every Winter, will, during the 

 Summer, grow from twenty to thirty feet, and yield abun- 

 dance of beautiful purple flowers. 



Periplaca grceca, or Silk Vine. A prolific climber, wood 

 slender, twining and elastic, leaves smooth, ovate, lanceolate. 

 Established plants will grow thirty or forty feet in one season, 

 and yield flowers in clusters, of a brownish yellow colour, 

 from May to July. 



I shall only add to the above, the running kinds of roses; 

 although there are many other things which might be men- 

 tioned. 



Rosa multiflora, from China, is pretty well known, pro- 

 ducing thousands of small double red roses in bunches. It 

 requires a sheltered situation from some of our keen north- 

 westers. Rosa multiflora alba, from the same country, is of 

 late importation, but as it increases readily, may be ob- 

 tained at about the same price as the former; the bunches, 

 of flowers are white. Rosa Grivellis t a running rose, also 



