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town. A small greenhouse in town is useful, to receive 

 in winter the shrubs and plants with which the balconies, 

 steps, and windows may be adorned in summer. A pair 

 or two of large American aloes, of orange-trees, pome- 

 granates, and oleanders, in tubs or boxes, may be thus 

 kept in health for years, and will give more style to the 

 aspect of a house than a multitude of little ephemeral 

 flowers in pots. Of course, town gardening is more ex- 

 pensive and requires more constant attention than rural 

 floriculture. The man of business, who has but little 

 leisure to spare, will save much time and trouble (though 

 he will also lose much wholesome mental relaxation), by 

 contracting with a nurseryman by the year for the renewal 

 of his bulbs and bedding-plants. Nor is such the way to 

 economize. But for those who are fully occupied ail day 

 long, and who still like to see their little plot embroidered 

 with flowers, although they can only admire their changing 

 beauties as each successive Sunday comes round, the aid 

 of a respectable nurseryman is well worth the considera- 

 tion of proprietors of town and suburban gardens. 



It will cost very little more expense and trouble to 

 plant, instead of the ordinary hardy shrubs and trees, 

 others, varieties of the same species, whose appearance 

 is more remarkable and unusual. For instance, there is 

 the Cut-leaved Alder to take the place of the common 

 Alder. The cut-leaved, variegated, and yellow-berried 

 Elders, though they need not supersede, may thrive in 

 company with the elder of the hedge. The Hazel with 

 dark purple leaves, harmonizes well with the Copper 

 Beech; though, unfortunately, nothing but moss will 

 grow under the shade and drip of Beech-trees. The 

 "Weeping Walnut (by no means common) bears excellent 

 fruit, besides making even a more massive tent of foliage 

 than that characteristic tree, the Weeping Ash. There 

 are also weeping elms, sophoras, birches, thorns, acacias, 

 cherries, peaches, and - others, from the stature of shrubs 

 to the altitude of timber trees. A pair of Weeping Wil- 

 lows, one on each side of a gateway, or at each corner of 

 a respectable-sized front garden, have a happy effect in 



