A question very often asked, is, what are the best vines for verandas? Some of those usually employed for this purpose, are, though beautiful in themselves, very objectionable on account of insects. The common sweet scented honeysuckle is an example of this kind. Among hardy plants that are woody, and therefore permanent, there are few more satisfactory than the Prairie Roses. Their remarkable vigor, their habit of retaining the freshness of their foliage all the season, and and the wealth of beautiful flowers they bear during this month, united to their perfect hardiness and adaptation to almost every soil, renders them deservedly great favorites. Among the best of them are the following: Linnean Hill Beauty, light rosy blush; Triumphant, lively red; Baltimore Belle, white; Queen of the Prairies, rosy red; all very double and profuse bloomers. These prairie roses grow with such great luxuriance, that they will, in rich soil, entirely cover the columns of a veranda, or piazza, the second season.

A friend of ours renders them much more ornamental than usual by budding Madam Duprez, Mrs. Bosanquet, Aimee Vibert, and other free growing, ever-blooming roses upon the long shoots, thus foreing Che climbers to put on, partially, the drew of the Bourbon roses, and flower more or less all the season.

Among the hardy clean woody permanent climbers - there are none more beautiful than the Chinese Wistaria - with its superb masses of fresh gray or lilac flowers in May. The yellow trumpet Honeysuckle - with blossoms the moat delicate straw color, all the season, is not half so often seen as it deserves; the Chinese Honeysuckle, with deliciously scented particolored blossoms and sub-evergreen foliage, is particularly well suited to verandas with a northern aspect; the Dutchman's Pipe, with a magnificently large dark green foliage, is perfectly hardy, and the most, picturesque of climbers, for situations where a bold effect is desired.

These are the best of the permanent woody vines for verandas. For those who have bare columns at this season, and wish to cover them at once, we recommend the following Summer ctimbert - to last only the season, and which will grow from 8 to 15 feet high and flower profusely. Cobta ecandene - very rapid grower, large purplish bell shaped flowers. Maurandias - pink, purple, and white, three sorts all exceedingly pretty, growing 10 feet high. Lophoe-perwmms - pink, or pale purple, two sorts, 15 feet high. Solanum jatminoides - delicate white flowers, blooms very freely, 12 feet. Ipo-mta Learn - arich blue convolvulus, 20 feet high. Pergularia odoratissima - -profusion of fragrant white flowers, 15 feet high. These can be bad in pots at most of the Florists, and it is net yet toe late to turn them out for the summer - especially if the soil is made light and rich. Among the prettiest annual vines, are the Canary bird flower ( Troptotum canariense,) and the Cypress vine.