Gardening for ladies, and, Companion to the flower-garden . his puqDose in theNorthern States. The AmericanArbor Vitae is perhaps the best sub-stitute for it.—Ed.] For a mixedhedge of evergreens and deciduousflowering shrubs, the Laurustinus,the Sweet-Brier, the Pyracantha,and the Cyd^nia japonica, withsimilar shrubs, may be used, withthe lower kinds of American thorns{Craioigus), or the Chinese Crab{PyVus spectahilis), as very excellent flower-gardenhedge may be formed by trainingthe common or the Giant Ivy overa slight wire fence or trellis {fig. 18);and its uniformity may be bro
Gardening for ladies, and, Companion to the flower-garden . his puqDose in theNorthern States. The AmericanArbor Vitae is perhaps the best sub-stitute for it.—Ed.] For a mixedhedge of evergreens and deciduousflowering shrubs, the Laurustinus,the Sweet-Brier, the Pyracantha,and the Cyd^nia japonica, withsimilar shrubs, may be used, withthe lower kinds of American thorns{Craioigus), or the Chinese Crab{PyVus spectahilis), as very excellent flower-gardenhedge may be formed by trainingthe common or the Giant Ivy overa slight wire fence or trellis {fig. 18);and its uniformity may be broken,if it is very long, by standards, atregular distances, either of Iv)^trained on iron posts with umbrellatops, or of any kind of low deciduousevergreen trees. The variegatedspecies of Ivy, the Ampelopsis, and a number of other climbing shrub8»ligneous or herbaceous, also makebeautiful hedges for shelter or sepa-ration in flower-gardens. The ArborVitse and common Laurel, alterna-ting with the variegated variety, thenarrow-leaved variety, and the Por-. tugal Laurel, also make excellentflower-garden fences ; as do the evergreen and variegated kinds ofPrivet, the variegated Holly, and theAucuba. In short, there is scarcelyany ornamental shrub that will notI form a very suitable fence for a1 flower-garden, when carefully train-ed ; and wire-fences, in the summerI season, may be covered with creep-! ing or climbing annuals ; such asthe Nasturtium, the Convolvulus,&c., or even the tall-growing Salvias,Petunias, Sweetpeas, and Pelargo-niums. A very pretty fence of thiskind may be formed by training thecommon Mignonette over a wiretrellis; as it is well known that theMignonette, if sown in autumn andI kept during the winter in a green-house, may be trained the followingseason to the height of three or fourfeet. Honeysuckles also make de-lightful fences. Fennel Flower.—See are very ornamental inshrubberies, from their large an FICUS ELASTICA. 207 FLORISTS FLOWERS. h
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