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The propagation is rather slo\V and dilneuJt. Cuttings 
wil! root but sfosvly ; the best x\’ay is by grafting tlreni on 
Paony roots! - They grow from 4 to 5 feet high, and a 
watering 'A’ith liquid manure is Very beneficial to them. 
' 'nnpirtalh . — A great deal was written in fa- 
vor ofihis tree, wlnn it, some 1‘2 oi- 15 years -ago, was in- 
troduced froin Japan to Europe, h resembies the Catal- 
ripa in growth, fohage' atid form of the flowers, 
the latter, however, are of a pale blue color, and appear 
very early in the spring. Its groAvth is very vigorous, 
and i hdve seen it throw up- a straight stem IS feet high in 
one summer. 
*• Phiiat^TpAft.^ cor/marms^ from the South of Europe, re- 
sembles’ the common Pkiiadelpkus of our swamps in every 
respect, 6\tt the flowers are nearly as fragrant,' 'as the 
Orange blossoms. Four to six feet high. Propagated by 
suckers, • ■ - 
Poirictar/ia Gillcsii.— This' South American shrub of re- 
efent introduction has' proved a great acqais'ition to South- 
ern gardens. Y\’'heh planted in'rich and moist ground rt will 
blooni’wonsta fitly from the beginning of !^^ay until No- 
vember. The flowers are large, straw colored, with very 
l 0 ng, brighr scarlet sramens';’ and produced in larg-elfeads 
or cius^tefs? Erorn six to eight ieef h.ig'i.*' Prcpdgfited' 
froni seeds, . ' . ■ - 
' Jpkrtita^'^ranahinv tcvriccdta (Pomegranate)' ——The" 
donbfe scarlet and dodble white vaffeties' are old cufrrbm-'^ 
ers iff au 
Sijm phoricarpos P'actriios& (Sh o wb err y . )-^A 1 though this 
little shrub i.s indigenous. to Canada, still it stands our 
Southen: climate pretty well J’he shrub itself is rather 
indifferent until autumn, when it shows its pure.-white 
berries in close bunches. These berries, ofa very peculiar 
appearance, will keep on the bush until Christinas. Two 
or three feet higli. Propagated by suckers. . 
Si/ringu vitlgaris, (Lilac ). — Like so many others of our 
ornamental shiubs, wegot tins from Asia. They are too 
iwell known to need any description. The finest are : the 
pure snow-white, andihe Chinese the latter. is. pale pur- 
ple, and blooms twice in the season, viz ; dn April and in 
September. Both require rich moist sod 11 and are propa- 
■gated by suckers. ■ . ’ • o . '* 
Tarna^rix .. — A beautiful shrub from the South of Europe- 
with exceedingly delicate foliage, and a graceful aspect. 
The pink colored flowers are produced in long spikes;- It 
prefers rich soil and is most beautiful, when plah ted -Oin 
ithe banks of streams. Six to eight feet high. Propagated 
'from cuttings. V - ■ .-g y -u..; ;• 
' TFezgdtcrn.'efiWas introduced by Mr. Robert Fortune' 
‘about ten years ago from ClurKtinto England. It ds, in 
general, admitted to be.oneofouf finest t>ma«nental'sJir.qb6. 
;It-forn:K large clusters of .pinkvcoloved riowers,.b^utifully 
arranged amougthe foliaget-- Another, -Wttg‘etian7it.aMlis^ 
is quiie new, perhaps;milJ. more -griiceful, than the first; 
)ramed:speeies^. which it resembles, but blooms for a mueb 
a'rd^n's." The most beau tifol \mn'ety^ however, longer . space odtimef. -Four totfive deea high: - Propagateti 
:from 'Cuttings^ .Vf- a j q ;; ■ .j'.L- ir 
.Vibiirtin^ihi Snowbell). — This is a largevfam ii-y of plants, 
■niost;o£ which have not yet befetr sutficieutly . tried in the 
[South. Tlie common Snowball, Viburnv:ii'uOpiilm'7r(fseim, 
.produces beautiful,, large, .wlii-re,'^ globe-shaped 'dusters of 
flowers.-.;; it does best in rich moist clay sml,^as;itv in its. 
wiki :State, always is found in such.locauons. • Vibit-rnuvt 
Gzv&'ceus :{Creffihcj'\y Bash) rioe.s also well here'.' -Four 
to six teet h igh-. V/ii] grow from cuttings, but more cer- 
tain from-Hayers. , ' - . ■ 
Virp'ilu: Intai (Yellow Wtoo<E ^ — A very fine - American 
is the^Vfrriegafcd,' straw -bblored, ' b'eauiifuHy edged -bfith 
bri;^r’scafiet.' ’ ‘ A ' ' " ; - 
pfhy dnrM, from Missouri, -and '.called Missouri Cur- 
ravjt,'’— =Early in' die spri ngd t prbdu ces its ve! lo w .flowers' 
iri sfnMl clusters.’' Tire flowers' are 'p.^cee'dihgly fragrant, 
like^aTn'atfons'. Si.x feet high. Propagated by suckers. 
(liocust). — Every _ pd'sbn knows the' common 
Locu'St^j ind it hilght seem ridiculous to recohimend ii; 
still sblfiey arletleS are very n fie. R. incruih] Qr unibr 'aculL 
fer'a is very beautiful, forming a close globe-shaped head, 
a's if do'ne by art ; it is well adapted to avehufs or in the 
front of a building. .bsyfr/a produces very large’ l^ihrub, though very rare In foliage and flowers it re-- 
clusters of rose coloTed flowers/ and often blooms t wice j ^embles the- Titorn less' Locust. Ten feet high.' Propagated 
during the summer. The- pyramidal -and the weeping 
Locust are also odd-Io’oking and highly ornamental In 
large gardens and parks. - ' 
SalfsbubPa or Gingkn T.' re, from -Japan, has a very pe- 
culiar and strange loolri ng foliage. -Ten to 15 feet high.'' 
Prop'agatcd'by euttings-. v . 
,Sd}'.'iL (Widows.) — But few of this large family are or- : 
namenfal. TlieJVe’epmg WJIlow, iliiough cbnufion, is j 
Very beautiful after it hcsdlfained a'gnod size. The Ring- 
leaved Willowds a. curiosity. The Caspian Willow .S'^Zhf 
acPtifoiiGj and tfie yellow ba'iked Willow. Shli '-vilelltna] 
are beautifcr near streams in a park. 
Spi'rgci. — We' have several very beautiful species of 
this finelamily of shrubs; Sp. pi a n i'f'otla is perhaps om- 
of our most cliarming shrubs in February and March 
when loaded with its whi'e double flowers, looking as it 
covered with snow. Sp'/ccei R'cve.<;li, comes a liiitle 
later, but is equally as fine, with long wreaths of loV’elv 
v.’hite blossoms : a variety witii double flowers has just 
been int.'^oduced, and is splendid. Sp: Df>tixrla^!( Sp. cal- 
l6sa find Sp.'b Jla are all beautiful .sr>eoies with pink floW- 
ei*s, and worthy of a place in any Southern garden, even 
in the smallest. 
I from seed and layers. 
I ViUx Agnus. Castus (.Chaste Tree)j from the South of 
I Europe,- produces numerous heads of neat blue flowers, 
and can be keptin.bloom nearly all the summer, by con- 
itantly cutting off the flowers The fuluigc has: an odor 
like lavciideiS ' 'Leu feet; high. Best .propagated from 
sted . ^ , F,.p}ii-;HT, NKi.soN.. 
'■yOriiUlu,ii<p.pX.^ Avpu^l'i-i G<^.i Afi/ fr,-:.lB57. . , 
Sierciiti 
la vlaf ■ ti'f (Yarnisli Tree) from L iiin-'i. — Per- 
haps one of our t'e.st shade trees iii the Sol d:. Grows 
very ranidly,. with a straight stem and a sleelc .r -en b.a'k ; 
forms asymmetrical head with very large let.ves. It ha.s 
a tremendous tap-root, and will, therefore, not, li!>> 
the China trie, get blown out of the ground. It nev^t 
gives suckers, and no insect ever troubles it. Thirty feet 
high. Propagated by seed. 
LoNG.F.yrr.Y of 'ehu Pk^k '1 am;.— A Brussels writer saysi 
—In. a light, free .sod witti a rich, deep subspii, in which, 
water does not stagnate, ip winter, the trees preserve 
tlioughout their individual, existence a Jiea'ih.y . degree of 
vigor, and bear abundamly. If the soil, is rich iti humus, 
or if it is marly clay pt tome (ieptli, reslipg upon an equal 
deptli of silicipus gravel, mixed with brick earth, lying, 
upon thicker beds of sand which absorbs muisture, (he 
growth of the Pear tree will theic, be. more comp-jct, less, 
luxuriant; but the tree .’lv ill bear fruit of a finer flav.or„ 
and will generally live longer. Vfe found growing in 
an orcliard in We.sl, Fl.andt.-rs, a variety of IVar, under 
the name of Poire ds Froment, ( Wheat Pear; doubtless the 
descendant of a variety known among tlu- Romans as the. 
Pyrus liordeana, the fruit of whii-ii ripened about the 
.same tiineas barley. This maj .-stic tree has two uprighe- 
parallel sterns, is twelve teet m circumference and forty- 
five fret high. In it produced liileen .'•acks ot) 
Pears. The baik is deejJy rent in many places, indicat- 
ing that the tree was of gre.-it age. Plie firmer, jurn.self 
85 years old, loM me that his grand-father, who died 50 
years ago, at the age of fl'J, had frtquefilJy told him that, 
It produced a rich boyhood. 
