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sent, you will be content when it is covered 

 the flowers of the Bignonia radicans, or trum- 

 pet flower, the jasmine, Zinnia, a beautiful 

 flower, the Calycanthus precox, or scented all- 

 spice, (which blows in the middle of the winter, 

 and is so fragrant, that a single blossom is suffi- 

 cient to perfume a whole room,) the mule and 

 common passion flowers; and many others that 

 I can name to you. 



After planting the shrubs, which are to grow 

 against the wall, the remainder of the border 

 must be devoted to such delicate plants as re- 

 quire a warm situation, particularly to tender 

 bulbs, of which there are many but more of 

 these hereafter. 



Let a wide border be made under the un- 



, sightly paling which you dislike so much ; this, 



when covered with clematis honeysuckles, Vir- 



ginian creeper, &c., and the border filled with 



