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The Canadian Hoki u ri.riKisr. 



\'INi:s lOk I'OKCHKS. 



'1' is a (luestion with many what \inc> to choose ior chnib- 

 ers about porches. It does not seem desirable to cover a 

 porch entirely with any vine, but at certain j)ortions, when 

 one wishes to exclude an unsightly view, or is desirous of 

 shade, a free-growing climbing plant proves effectual. 



The climbing bitter-sweet (Celastrus scandens) with 

 its glossy leaves and scarlet berries, false buckwheat (Polygonum scandens), 

 clematis (C. Virginiana) with its copious clusters of white blossoms, trumpet 

 flower (Bignoaia — named after Abbe Bignon, librarian to Louis XIV), the 

 scarlet blossoms of which are familiar to every one. are among the numerous 

 wild plants that have been adapted to our use in this direction. They are de- 

 corative and all of them rai)id growers, but they lose their foliage earlier than our 

 less hardy vines. 



The moon flower (I])onKea grandillora) in our northern climate does not 

 mature early enough to give us the wealth of blossoms we are led to expect 

 from it, but it retains its large, glossy leaves until late in October, is clean, and 

 free from insects, and makes a good screen from the sun. Cobrea scandens. 

 with its curious twining leaves, is a beautiful climber and keeps its foliage until 

 frost gomes, which, for porches, is a strong recommendation. 



Madeira vine, Allegheny vine (Adlumia). 

 C:anary Bird Flower (Tropsolum jjcregrinum), 

 are pretty growers, but to be effective for shade 

 must be planted thickly. Our Virginia creeper 

 is good and will grow everywhere ; it must be 

 kept free from aphis by infusions of tobacco. 

 The honeysuckles are desirable, and fragrant 

 climbers. The foliage is a beautiful green and 

 by combining the varieties one can have constant 

 bloom from June until November. They grow 

 rapidly and are easily trained ui)on wire trellises. 

 They possess every requisite of a climbing plant. 



W'm. Sai'NPKKS. Washington, in C'd/ifcniin Ffiiit Gronhr. 



C'OIUiA .Se.ANMKNS. 



Rava(;ks oi- RAi'.mrs. — A writer in the Revue Horticole gives tiie folit)wing 

 remedy for preventing the depredations of rabbits in his garden : He mixes three 

 i)Ounds of blur vitriol with four poiiiuls of fresh slaked lime and adds the 

 mixture to iH gallons of water. The blue vitriol is first dissolved in two or 

 three gallons of water, and then both are thrown into a barrel and the water 

 added to make iS gallons. The mixture is api)lie(l with a whitewash brush, in 

 drv weather only to the- trunks of the trees from the ground to a height of a foot 

 or two. 



