188 TREES AND TREE-PLANTING. 
tom, which is a considerable advantage where strength 
and durability are requisite. All that remains at this 
period of their growth is to keep the plants clear from 
weeds, and trim the hedge every season. The month 
of June has been found a good time to clip, as the 
plants soon recover their beauty of foliage, owing to 
the active circulation of their sustaining juices at that 
season. 
As this plant attains considerable height, it is well 
suited for arching or trellis-work, and, by being trained, 
will form a beautiful, densely shaded arbor or covered 
walk. Its natural growth being sufficiently interwoven, 
it needs no interlacing, and may be clipped into any 
shape or form which the caprice of the grower may im- 
agine. It is not habited to throw out suckers, nor is it 
ever encumbered by dead wood. Owing to the green 
coloring contrasted by its flowers, it does not show much 
gayety when in bloom; but when laden with its bluish- 
black berries it presents quite a striking appearance, 
highly ornamental. 
