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run up a pole of your intended arbour, Peri- 

 ploca Grceca follicle vine, which is an elegant, 

 though not very showy climber. For the pal- 

 ing, I send plants of Corchorus Japonica, which 

 will do well against it, and its bright yellow 

 flowers will repay you soon for the trouble of 

 planting, as they make their appearance very 

 early. It is a native of China ; and, though it 

 stands the cold of our winter, it thrives best in 

 a sheltered situation, particularly as it blossoms 

 when the weather is very unfavourable. The 

 Virginian creeper grows very fast ; its principal 

 beauty, however, is the bright scarlet hue of its 

 leaves in the autumn. Among the prettiest 

 American shrubs I can offer you, are the rhodo- 

 dendron, andromeda, the odoriferous kind, and 

 'kalmia. Plant in the rose and shrub border, the 

 winter berry-tree, which is so called, because, 

 in the winter, it is covered with bright scarlet 

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