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delicious fragrance can drift in 
at open windows. In mild 
winters it keeps green nearly 
till Christmas, though in severe 
ones it sometimes dies down to 
the root. It is not well to plant 
it in too exposed situations, but 
on the south side of a house it 
is always ornamental. 
Powerful vines like the wis¬ 
taria and the trumj et creeper 
(Bignonia radicans) should be 
provided with supports, as they 
sometimes do damage to a 
house, »the former, from the 
mighty twisting power of its 
strong stem, and the other 
from its tendrils, which push 
underneath shingles and dis¬ 
lodge them; but over a porch they are always 
picturesque and handsome when in flower. 
Nothing is more effective than the great 
blossoms of the Wistaria grandiflora depend¬ 
ing from the roof beams of a pergola, but 
they are less appropriate for house decoration, 
and should be grown, as they are in Japan, 
over a stout framework above an outdoor 
room or loggia. A handsome vine to use is 
the small leaved grape from Japan ( Vitis 
beterophylla humulifolia ), which has leaves like 
those of the hop, and little pale blue berries 
the size of a pea. For a quick growing annual 
Cobia scandens is unsurpassed, as it will cover 
a trellis in the course of the summer, and 
enliven it with great bell-shaped blossoms of 
various hues. Clematis paniculata, which 
shows great masses of fragrant white flowers in 
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After Fijteen Tears 
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A View from the Street showing a Fifteen Tears' Gtowth of the Larger Trees 
the late summer, is very beautiful to cover 
the railings of verandas or to climb over 
roofs, where it hangs great sheets of blossoms 
to the breeze. It thrives best in the eastern 
and southern exposures. 
After the vines have been set out, it is 
well to mass about the foundations of a house 
dwarf evergreens, which at all seasons are 
beautiful, and form a connecting link with 
the soil, after the leaves of deciduous plants 
have fallen. For this purpose one can find 
most beautiful varieties of Thuya in pyramidal 
or globose shapes, with dark green or golden 
foliage. The Japanese cypress (Chamtecyparis) 
is another beautiful dwarf tree, which can be 
kept closely pruned with impunity. Juni¬ 
pers and yews and dwarf pines also can be 
masse 1 with good advantage, and the com¬ 
mon red cedar ( 'Juniperus Virginiana), 
with its columnar form, makes a state¬ 
ly sentinel on each side of a door-step 
or gate. The exotic trees have to be 
obtained from a nursery, and with 
careful protection in exposed situa¬ 
tions during the winter, the varieties 
of 'Thuya have proved hardy with us. 
Yews are tender, and in some gardens 
they are planted in tubs and put under 
cover during the severe months. 
The management of shrubs about 
a place, unless it is very large, is diffi¬ 
cult. For picturesque effect, masses 
of them disposed along a boundary, 
with deep bays to break the straight 
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