Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1861-04-11
The Climbing Plants.

an object Of rca.beauty. No good gardener
will have any ban hoard fences about his
premiscs-aIl are W~aihed aud t's,ooned,
and made gay and gracc.ll. Then for cover
/ ing cottage yelaudahs, Wat can equal this
class Of plants? They put to the blush all
the expensive work Of The architect, and the
builder, and make the poor mans cottage APP
pear more c.cgant--possessing more Ct nature
more Of quiet gracc-thau the palace Of
prii &c. For This purpose, the hardy varieties
Of grape vines are 5Ty useful
The Virginia C,eeperis an excellent climb
cr, ana although native Of our own land,
much more popular in Europe than with Us.
Its leaves are digitate, Of da:k, rich green
in summer, and becoming Of q rich crimson
in the autumn 1t throws out little roots at
the joints, by which it fastens itself to any
/ thing it touches.
The Honeysuchcs We have in great vari-
ETY., and yerybodY loves them, though We are
sorry 50 few show their love in practical
way.
The PeuDlocq Virgiaiqa or Six is a rapid
growing flc climber, and will Irvine Itself
round a tree Or any other object for twenty
or forty feet il height The foliage is bright
and glossy, but the flowers are brown aud not
snowy.
The Cbnes Wistaria is one Of the most
rapid growing Of all climbing plants, after IT
gets fair start. Sometimes Tor some unac-
countablo reason it refuses TO make any ma
tcrial growth Tor year or Two alter being
planted, bu all at once takes Start aud
makes a splendid growth, throwing out shoots
ten, fifteen, and twenty feet in length, in one
season 1t commences blooming carly in
June, and large plant will be literally load
cd with thousands Of rich clusters or pcudu-
Ious raccmes Of delicate, pale blue blossoms
so numerous that the pant seems to &c a
+ fora wreath. The racemes are from ten to
twelve inches long and well filed with delicate
sweetly priumcd flowers. The foliage is
abundant, aud Of pleasant, lively green. 1t
succeeds best in o rich, deep loan. 1t does
mot flower until The plant gets strong, and the
older the plant the mere freely 1t seems 70
flower
The ChmJjng Roses are nov to be had Of
almost every variety Of color, and should be
extensively planted,
The Bignon'a or Yrumpet Fower is a
magnificent climbing plant, producing large
truDpot.shaped climbing flowers with some
thing Of an orange tingc, and Of great beauty.
They are produced in clusters A good plant
trained to pillar or irelis when in flower
presents most splendid ight--Erchaage
The Peanut is cultivated in Georgia, Ala
bama, North Carolina, &c. 1t is planted
in ridges about three feet apart aud the
vine stands about foot in perpendicular
height The stems shoot out in all drec-
tons from it for about fifteen feet around
These runners have joints about an inch and
half apart and at each joint strong root
strikes do3n into the ground about two
inches deep; at the end Of this root the pea
pod is formed and comes tomaurity Some
farmers cover these lateral vine, with earth
while others leave them bare all the time
1t is not agreed which is the better mode.
When ripe, one bunch Of vines will have
from one to two quarts Of peas. Ono acre
will produce from thiry.6ye to fifty bushels
Of peas.
The Baldwinsyic IN. Y. Gazette notices
that 2I00 barrels OF flour are being ground
at mill in that place for the Jews of New
York, who will use it for making unieavened
bread for the Passover. An agent of those
who ordered this -four is at the mill constant
y, during the process Of grinding, aud seals
each barrel with his private mark IN wax.
PGosrrer or TIE Peach CEop IN NEW
YoRK.-'lho editor Of the Rural N,W York
er says he has continued obso vations in re-
gard to the condition Of the peach buds, and
finds them injured in Western New York
more than at first disposed to believe. There
may be few saved near the lake shore, or
in close proximity to some OF our inland
lakes, and in few favored localities, but
the crop is gone.
HoWrIcuLTrRIsTs AND PoMoLoGIsrs, says
the National IRteihgeRcer, will be pleased
To learn that, by the new postal regulations,
seeds or cuttings are claSsed as muilabe mat
ter, and are to be charged with postage at
the rate OF one cent an ounce when sent under
fifteen hundred miles. and two cents an ounce
when sent over that distance.
Tue HYAclNru Like the Rose, the Hya
cinlh is a universal iavori,e, and although
great diversity of taste exists in floral mat
tcrs the merits of the Ilyacinth are never
questioned tits loved by every ono for its
beauty aud its fragrance 1t will thrive in
almos! any soil and will flower almost as
finely whc groan in water as when planted
in the richest compost
CLUBBING on CABBAGEs.--A handful OF
,uperphosphatc and a tablespoonful of Me-