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In these vases, and in the partial shade afforded, the 
following plants will thrive well, requiring but little water 
or other attention ; and at the approach of winter may be 
taken down, and hung in the parlor, hall or entry, to add 
an additional charm to domestic pleasures for the rest of 
the year : 
1. Linaria cymbalaria {Ivy Uaved snapdragon.) Well 
known to European travellers from its frequency on the 
walls of shaded ruins. It is a delicate and graceful grower, 
bearing a profusion of small purple flowers the whole sea- 
son, 
2. Lysimachia numularia ( Yc/Z/w- Tjooscstrife) 
has a very pretty habit of growth in its slender stems and 
small opposite leaves, bearing as it grows, in their axils, 
yellow flowers about the size of gold dollars. 
3. Saxifraga sarmentosa {creeping Sa.cifrage.') Its foli- 
age is very prettily veined and marbled, and the spikes of 
white flowers it throws up, are curious as well as liand- 
some. 
4. Fragraria Indica Its fruit, though 
as insipid and tasteless as the food of ghosts might be 
supposed to be, is so very pretty, and it does so well in 
the shade, that there are few things I would sooner recom- 
mend for our purpose. 
5. Vinca major {Large perhinnlle.) An evergreen 
with leaves one and a half to two inches long by one 
broad, and large blue flowers opening only in the spiing; 
best adapted for large baskets. 
6. V, minor {Lesser periu'inkk.) Smaller every way 
than the last; yet very distinct and handsome. 
7. V. perenne {Creeping periwinkle.) A very distinct 
species, with long slender creeping stems, small leaves, 
and small very early blue flowers. 
8. Cereus flagelliformis {Cats tailor creeping cereus), 
grows well in the shade in summer, and when removed to 
the parlor in winter, flowers well near the light of a win- 
dow. 
9. Sedura Sieboldii {Siebold's stone crop) with pale pur- 
ple flowers and glaucous leaves; requires little water or 
pot-room, and is well adapted for a small vase. 
10. Sedum acre {Yelloic stone crop, ox Love cnt.angle), 
doing well in either sunshine or shade, and a most abun- 
dant bloomer. 
11. Viola odorata arborea {Tree inolet), which, with 
strong central stalks, send out numerous slender branch- 
lets, hanging over the aides of the pot or basket, and bear- 
ing a profusion of very sweet double blue flowers. 
1 2. Calysteflia pubescens ( Double convolvulvi). A pret- 
ty flowering plant and not likely to be so much objected 
to on account of its creeping roots here as in the open 
ground. 
13. Epigea repens {Grenind laurel), a hardy evergreen 
with deliciously scented waxy white flower ; rery pretty. 
14. Mitchella repens {Partridge berry), another ever- 
green with sweet scented white flowers, succeeded by 
numerous holly-like berries. 
15. Polemonium reptans, {creeping na.lerian), erect 
spikes of blue flowers, from branchlets which hang over 
the sides of the basket. 
I have confined myself to hardy or very nearly hardy 
plants; and which will thrive and do well in the shade — 
any of the above may be depended on. 
fOur correspondent has noticed a mode of growing a 
very interesting variety of plants, and might have extend- 
ded the list very greatly. We merely indicate a few more 
here, with the request that Mr. M. will pursue the subject 
and give a list of plants suitable for hanging in the green- 
house, to be thence, if required, transferred^ occasionally 
to the drawing-room or conservatory. 
Cobcea scandens, as a basket-suspending plant, does 
well, but requires a largish pot and plenty of space to 
droop in. 
The Lophospermums. Every species of this genus will 
answer well. 
Ma.urandia. All the species and varieties. 
Niercnibergia. All will do well in baskets. 
7?^>scs trained downward, particularly the Vtscarntesse 
dcs Cases, will grow and flower well in baskets in green- 
houses. 
T/ic Imj-leaved Geranium, in suspended pots, quite 
covers and conceals them. 
The Verbena, and even the grateful Strawberry, might 
be cultivated in this way, under glass, and would yield to 
few other plants for beauty in bloom and fruit, besides 
yielding a dish now and then of one of the most health- 
giving fruits we possess. — Ed. Horticulturist.] 
THE HEBBEMONT GEAPE. &C.— LETTEE FEOM 
NICHOLAS LONGWOETH, ESQ. 
Editors Southern Cultivator — It aflbrds me pleasure 
to say that I can meet the request of Mr. Thurmond, and 
give the true origin of the Herbemont Grape. And evi- 
dence that you are bound to believe, as my information is 
derived from William Murray, of Catoosa Springs, of 
your State. I obtained cuttings of this grape from Mr. 
Herbemont, 25 years since. Of its origin, he could give 
me no information. The cuttings were sent to him — by 
whom he did not know. But, from the shape of the leaf, 
color of the wood and quality of the Grape, he supposed 
it to be of foreign origin. My conclusion was directly the 
reverse. The reason was, its hardy character and vigor 
of growth, which surpasses all grapes, domestic or foreign. 
I have had a shoot grow 40 feet in a season, and a person 
at Louisville assured me that he had one to grow 60 feet. 
Mr. Murray informs me that the original vine is still 
growing on a hill, on his plantation at Murraysville, 
North Carolina. He says, that between the years 1807 
and 1814, Abraham Blandon, an Attorney at Law, of 
Camden, South Carolina, who was an Engineer of Public 
Works, sent them to Mr. Herbemont. I find many per- 
sons in your State deem the Herbemont and Warren 
Grape the same. The leaf and color of the wood will 
settle this. The leaf of the Herbemont has deep indenta- 
tions, and wood of a light color. I have never seen a 
vine of the same color. The Warren vine I have never 
seen. I had three bunches of the grapes sent me last fall. 
The bunch was not as large as the Herbemont. No. — - 
which is common with the Herbemont. Berries larger 
and not crowded together, as is the case with the Herbe- 
mont. 1 deem it superior aa a table grape. 
I had grafts of the Warren sent me last spring, and I 
grafted 25 roots, and not one lived, I cannot account for 
this. In grafting, I have more than 9-lOths to live. Grafts 
often grow 30 feet the first season, and occasionally pro- 
duce a bunch of grapes, and a full crop the next season. 
The vine I received from the South as the Lenoir, bears 
no resemblance to either, and bears very few bunch- 
es and those small. Mr. Herbemont was not successful 
in making Wine from the Herbemont. The wine was 
subject to become acid. The reason is plain. Pure wine, 
even in a cool climate, to be kept in casks, requires a cold 
cellar. The casks to be kept full and air tight. The Her- 
bemont is destined to be worth millions of dollars to 
America. The wine resembles the Mansinaella (Man- 
zanilla) of Spain, in aroma and flavor, and, with skill 
and care in the manufacture, will be superior to it. The 
“must” requires neither sugar nor spirits, I would strong- 
