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Crenata, Rose of Sharon, Scarlet (^)uince, White Fringe, Garland .Syringa, High 

 Bu.sli Cranberry, Colden Bell (forsythia). Hydrangea Paniculata, Florida Cornus 

 (dogwood), Tartarian Honeysuckle, Snow Ball, Laburnum, Flowering Almond, 

 currants, white and purple Lilac, van Houtti, callosa, and plum leaved spirea, or 

 the equally charming variegated wrigela, Prunus Pisardii, Golden Leaved Elder, 

 Purple Fringe and Berberry, Red Osier Dogwood, green branched globe flower, 

 and the popular Christmas holly (mahonia), all of which are hardy here 

 and extremely pretty during their blooming season. Carolina allspice. 

 Daphne mezereum, and purple leaved filbert showed a feeble constitution 

 from their first planting out, and at date of writing are numbered with some 

 other lovely companions (all) faded and gone. Climbers are beginning to 

 receive the attention which their grateful shade and free flowering habits deserve. 

 Jackman's and Henry's clematis climbing on either side of a rustic archway and 

 blending their exquisite colors of while and violet purple ; clematis coccinea and 

 Chinese blue wisteria gracefully intertwining themselves along the porch in 

 front ; Cobea Scandens and the Evening Glory (moonflower), spreading o'er a 



Fig. 97. — Hvdk.4Ngea. 



trellised gateway into the yard ; golden leaved, scarlet trumpet and monthly 

 fragrant honeysuckles trained around the south and west windows, are 

 each, throughout their blooming periods, a source of delight to the house- 

 hold, and objects of general admiration to the passing crowd. Virgin's 

 Bower, Southern Blue Bells, Cinnamon, and Madeira vines, not tried long 

 enough to have their vitality thoroughly tested in this locality. Baltimore 

 Belle and Prairie Queen climbing roses show up well and full of promise for 

 another year. The former a little tender and requires protection. The old 

 Virginia Creeper's rampant growth, gorgeous fall tints and rapid natural covering 

 for either new or old unsightly buildings, is finding a formidable rival in the 

 smaller leaved \'eitchii Ami)elopsis. The Trumpet Flower and Dutchman's Pipe 

 will find a spot prepared for them next season. Thus, for a trifling expense, one 

 can hive his home looking gay from early spring until " chill November's surly 

 blasts make fields and forests bare.'" 



Russeldale, Ont. ( To be continued.) ^. D. Stewart. 



