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PARK AND CE/AETERY. 
The present condition of the street for driving, 
for pedestrians and in general appearance is neither 
a credit to the city nor what visitors to the tomb of 
Henry Clay have a right to expect. The lack of a 
city park makes it the more incumbent upon the 
people to supply a well made, well kept approach 
in keeping with the quiet parklike beauty of Lex- 
ington Cemetery. Fanny Copley Seavey. 
Garden Plants, Their Geography, Xlll. 
9. CELASTRALES. 
THE CELASTRUS, RHAMNUS AND CISSUS ALLIANCE. 
This Alliance consists of 10 tribes, 98 genera, 
and 1,386 species. Trees, shrubs, climbers and 
herbaceous plants are included among them. The 
tropical species, of which the bulk consists, are 
largely evergreen. 
Speaking generally they are more remarkable 
for handsome foliage and fruit than for beautiful 
flowers. Some genera, such as Leea, produce showy 
panicles of bloom, however. In the East Indies and 
in North America they are well represented by the 
grapevines, none of which are natives of Europe, 
although as largely cultivated there. 
Evonimns is a familiar genus consisting of 45 
species, distributed over Europe, Asia and America. 
There has been considerable diversity of opinion as 
to the origin of this name, and it seems that Ben- 
tham and Hooker have now dropped the euonymus 
spelling entirely. They are trees and shrubs, decidu- 
ous or evergreen, and occasionally half-climbers. 
In the autumn many of them are very ornamental 
with their scarlet, pink, or white fruit, which splits 
open and shows the still more brilliant seeds. E. 
Europaeus is indigenous to Britain, and has yielded 
several varieties which are often seen in American 
gardens. E. Americanus, E. Atropurpureus and 
their varieties are common in the Atlantic states, 
and E. occidentalis is the western form. The ever- 
green E. japonicus is a much admired garden shrub 
at the south, and is quite hardy on walls as far north 
as New York, although it often gets its foliage 
scorched in severe winters If has varied greatly, 
and forms with golden, white, and even pink color- 
ing are in cultivation. E. radicans is a climber un- 
der favorable conditions, attaching itself to stone- 
work like Ivy. There are green, silver, and rose- 
margined varieties. They may be used in the way 
of box edging. 
Pachystima is in 2 species, natives of the Pacific 
coast. 
Celastriis has 75 species, natives of Spain, Africa, 
Asia, Austria, Madagascar and North America. 
C. scandens, “bitter sweet,” is the North American 
plant which has given its name to the whole alli- 
ance, 
Reinia is a monotypic genus from Japan. 
Myginda has 8 species, mostly tropical; three 
species are found far south in United States terri- 
tory. Other genera found in this country are 
Schcejfei'ia, Mortonia, Glossopetalum , and Maytenns 
phyllanthoides. They are mostly found south, and 
on the borders of Mexico. 
Palinrtis, “Christ’s thorn,” has two species, one 
from Southern Europe, the other from Eastern 
Asia. They are but rarely seen, but will some- 
times stand the southern winters. 
Zisyphns has 65 species, mostly tropical. Z. 
vulgaris, however, has stood the climate of Central 
New Jersey for a series of years, and occurs on the 
property of Willard P. Perry, Esq., of Wilburtha, 
in a plant 12 to 14 feet high- 
Bcrchemia has 1 2 species, mostly from tropical 
Asia, Africa, and Australia. B. volubilis, however, 
is found in the south, and is hardy as far north as 
New Jersey. It is a quick growing vine. 
Rhammis, “Buck thorn,” has 66 species common 
to the temperate parts of Europe, Asia, America, 
and tropical parts of Africa. Some species make 
good hedges. 
Hovenia dnlcis is an evergreen tree from Japan, 
it lives at Baltimore or perhaps further north, but 
loses its foliage. 
C(£nothns is a good sized genus of foity 
species, mostly from the south and Pacific states. 
Csenothus Americanus is the “New Jersey tea.’ 
The Erench gardeners think very highly of some of 
