DRAPERY FOR TREES AND BUSHES, 47 
still, a gigantic head of Roses? I throw out these hints 
for those who choose to act upon them. Draped trees, 
such as I have described, may soon be had. I do not know 
that a better tree than the Holly could be selected for a 
support. Where the trees are not in the place in which they 
are wanted, they should be moved about the end of August 
to the desired situation, and if some good rich soil—loam and 
decayed manure—is furnished to the roots at the same time, 
it will be in proper condition for climbers in spring. The 
latter should be planted pretty closely to the stem of the tree, 
and a start should be made with good vigorous plants, whether 
of Honeysuckle, Roses, or Clematis. The Roses and other 
things will want a little leading off at first till they get hold 
of their supporters, but afterwards no pruning or interference 
should be attempted. 
Mr. Hovey, in a letter from Boston, Mass., wrote as 
follows, on certain interesting aspects of tree drapery :— 
Some ten or fifteen years ago we had occasion to plant three or 
four rows of popular climbers in nursery rows, about 100 feet long ; 
these consisted of the Virginian creeper, the Moonseed (Menispermum), 
Periploca greca, and Celastrus scandens ; subsequently, it happened 
accidentally that four rows of rather large Tartarian (so-called) Arbor- 
vitees were planted on one side, and about the same number of rows 
of Smoke trees, Philadelphus, and Cornus florida, on the other. For 
three or four years many of these climbers were taken up annually 
until rather too old to remove, and year by year the Arbor-vites and 
shrubs were thinned out until what were too large to safely transplant 
remained. But the land was not wanted then, and the few scattered 
trees aud climbers grew on while cultivation was partially neglected, a 
large specimen being occasionally taken out until the climbers had 
fairly taken possession of the trees, and are now too beautiful to 
disturb. It forms the most unique specimen of tree drapery I have 
ever seen, Some of the Arbor-vites are entirely overrun with the 
Moonseed (Menispermum), whose large, slightly-scalloped leaves over- 
