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This is about the northern limit of the American holly 
Ilex apaca, and it needs good, natural shelter to look at all 
pleasing. 
The beautiful crenata holly from Japan grows slowly with 
us, but it is healthy enough, and may form good bushes some 
day. The gorse or whin from Europe is useless. 
Daphne cneorum under sheltered conditions form a real 
pretty clump, and the dwarf little sun rose, Helianthemum 
vulgare, is perfectly hardy and forms dense masses. 
There are some pretty and useful forms of the common 
box (Buxus) such as navicularis, Handsworthi, and micro- 
phylla, which are quite hardy under partial shade. 
The Use of 
The beautifully suggestive photograph of a wild 
grape vine in the Howard lot in Wogdmere cemetery, 
Detroit, Mich., prompts me to say a word as to the 
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A recently introduced form of the laurel from the Balkan 
mountains, said to be very hardy, has been under trial in 
the Ellwanger & Barry nursery for some years, and is re- 
ported by them to be very satisfactory. As a broad-leaved 
evergreen this should be very important to planters of this 
tree 
In conclusion ; outside the coniferous evergreens the num- 
ber of flowering and other evergreens suitable for planting 
in ornamental grounds in this latitude is really not large, and 
not sufficiently extensive, or of that nature, so as to produce 
any very marked or broad effect on our landscapes in this 
climate. 
Climbers. 
Either of the kinds mentioned are cheaper than any 
artificial support, and far more satisfactory and beau- 
tiful. 
CLIMBERS IN WOODMERE CEMETERY, DETROIT, MICH. 
great superiority of such materialistic treatment of 
climbers over any form of trellis or pergola. 
The particular species of grape is probably Vitis ri- 
paria, the species with deliciously fragrant and in some 
localities mostly staminate flowers. But most of the 
grapes are fine climbers and arc admirable scrambling 
over any light foliaged tree or shrub. Some cheap 
kinds such as buckthorns and honey-locusts should be 
selected and planted in a group together with the vines, 
taking care that the vines are directed over the shrubs 
for the first few years until the trees have got a start, 
when they may be allowed to climb through them. 
There are many hardy woody climbers which may be 
planted in this manner and after a few years left to 
practically care for themselves — the various clematis, 
vitis and Virginia creepers, celastrus, wistarias, which, 
too littery for porches, are admirable on trees ; several 
roses ?l the south. English ivies, too. in the same re- 
gions, honeysuckles, a lycium or two, the pipe-vine, 
and in the mild parts of the country many others. 
There is no way in which hardy climbers can be so 
well displayed as in the truly natural manner shown in 
the photograph, and how beautifully they relieve a 
monument! James MacPherson. 
