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jellow in the inside. Propagated by layers and cuttings. Ai.y soil 

 suits it. — Honey-suckle, the Tartarian. — Lat. L. Tartarica. 

 A shrub, originally from Russia and Tartary, which grows to 

 the height of five or six feet, and blows in March and April. 

 As the seeds are one or two years in coming up, it is best 

 to propagate this plant by layers, which may be planted where 

 they are to stay, at the end of eighteen months. They do not 

 like the spring frosts, but hard winters do not hurt them. Any 

 soil suits them, but it is advisable to put them in a good situation 

 and in a warm soil. — Honey-suckle, Yellow-flowered. — Lat. 

 Diervilla lutea. A hardy shrub from North America, two or 

 three feet high, and blows a yellow flower in June. Propagated 

 by suckers. Any soil or situation agrees with it. 



366. HAWTHORN, White.— L?it. Mespilus Oxyacantha, A 

 shrub common in many parts of Europe, which blows a white 

 flower in May ; but enough of it has been said in paragraph 32. 

 But, besides being a most useful plant for the purpose of 

 making hedges, it is also exceedingly ornamental, having foliage, 

 flower, and fragrance, to delight our senses early in the month 

 of May. Propagated from the seeds, which ripen plentifully. 

 Gather them in the fall ; keep them all the winter in sand, and 

 sow in the sprmg ; and in two years your plants will be fit to go 

 out. There are also the Glastonbury thorn and the Cashiohury 

 thorn, two excee -singly handsome flowering trees, for they be- 

 come trees, in fact, where they are suflered to grow their full size. 



367. HUNGARIAN CLIMBER.— Lat. Clematis int egr if olia. 

 Blows abundance of blue flowers from June to August, and may 

 easily be made a standard shrub by being tied up to a stake of 

 the height that you wish it to grow. Hardy and very handsome. 

 Propagate by cuttings or layers. 



368. INDIGO, shruhhy bastard. — Lat. Amorpha fruticosa. A 

 rather hardy shrub of Carolina, ten feet high, and blows a 

 violet coloured flower in June and July. Propagated from seed 

 and from cuttings. Any soil will do for it, but it prefers a light 

 and gravelly soil, and a warm situation. In severe winters it 

 requires sheltering. 



369. IVY. — Lat. Hedera helix. A hardy climber, common in 

 Europe ; blows a whitish flower in September and October, and 

 is useful to cover old walls. — H. Canatiensisy or Irish-ivy, is the 

 best sort : both are easily propagated by layers or cuttings. 



