162 AN ORNAMENTAL PIECE. [SEPT. 



cherry-tree." Last year, I begged permission to 

 make a border round it, and promised my 

 mother, if I did not succeed in making it orna- 

 mental before the end of the present autumn, 

 that we would no longer interfere to save it 

 from being rooted up. In the border I planted, 

 against the tree, variegated and evergreen ivy, 

 and every kind of creeper that I could procure: 

 my plan succeeded admirably; all have surviv- 

 ed, and the tree is more than half covered with 

 a luxuriant foliage, far superiour to what it natu- 

 rally should possess. The multiflora rose, dif- 

 ferent sorts of clematis, cluster flowering gly- 

 cine, and several other climbing plants, have 

 successfully decked it with flowers. The Vir- 

 ginian creeper, periploca, and ivy, will be its best 

 ornaments. I have also increased the width 

 of the border, and filled it with varieties of 

 hearts-ease. 

 Your affectionate friend, G. 



