4%6 BRECK’S NEW BOOK OF FLOWERS. 
er. It should be made moderately rich, and in such soil, 
when planted against a wall, it will cover a space twelve 
or fourteen feet square, in two or three seasons. It is well 
worthy the attention of those who are looking for climb- 
ers of a permanent kind, to cover unsightly walks, or close 
fences, or to render garden buildings of any kind more 
ornamental, by a rich canopy of foliage and bloom.”— 
(Downing. 
VIBURNUM.—Sxow BAut. 
[An ancient Latin name.] 
Vibirnum Lentéigo.—Sweet Viburnum.—A native spe- 
cies of great. beauty. Mr. Emerson describes it as a 
“beautiful small tree, rising to the height of fifteen to 
twenty feet, with rich foliage, and clothed, in June, with 
a profusion of delicate, showy flowers.” ‘The flowers are 
produced in terminal cymes, and from them a very agree. 
able fragrance is diffused. “There is a softness and rich- 
ness about the flowers and foliage of the Sweet Viburnum 
which distinguish it above all others of the same genus. 
It is hardly less beautiful in fruit, from the profusion of 
the rich blue berries hanging down among the curled 
leaves, which are beginning to assume the beautiful hues 
of autumn. A tree of this kind makes .a fine appearance 
at the angle of a walk, or in the corner of a garden, as its 
delicacy invites a near approach, and rewards examina- 
tion. With this delicacy of appearance, it is a hardy plant, 
and may sometimes be seen on the bleak hillside, where it 
has encountered the north-west stormy winds for a score 
of years.” 
We think this Viburnum much more desirable than the ‘ 
common Snowball. As it is found growing in uplands, 
