through most of the suuimcr and autumn, in bloom. IJoth this and the precedin<. 

 uiiike handsome little bushes, fluwerinir freely, as do all the Spincas when quite 

 young. 



The cultivation of this genus is so exceedingly simple, that nothing could be said 

 on that point. They are easily propagated from layers made of the young shoots 

 during the summer months. 



SPORTS. 



BY ALAN W. CORSON, NORRISTOWN, PA. 



There is in the garden of William llamill, at Norristown, Montgomery county, 

 Pa., a ring 'willow tjee that has stood there many years; last year it sent out a shoot 

 having all the appearance and habit of the common weeping willow; the shoot is 

 now about one and a half inches in diameter at the largest part, and several feet in 

 length. I had hitherto doubted from the difference in habit and growth that the 

 ring willow was a variety of, or sport from the weeping willow; this seems to me 

 to be conclusive evidence that it is so. This tree will have to be removed shortly, 

 the street is to be widened so as to include the place on which it stands. 



I have in my garden an Althjea of many years growth, and large size; the flow- 

 ers are of the common single purple; it has a branch of about two feet long, 

 probably two or three years growth, that has flowers of the very common kind of 

 single white with red bottoms; the diff"erence in the flowers has not been noticed 

 till this vear. 



DIOSCOREA JAPOXICA, OR JAPAN POTATO. 



BY "WM. R. PRINCE, FLUSUING, LONG ISLAND. 



I HAVE a fine patch of this plant now about four feet high and growing vigorously. 

 The foliage resembles very much the Dioscorea villosa, so common in our low 

 grounds. I can see no reason why it should not be extensively cultivated, as it 

 flourishes without any special care, and seems well suited to our climate. 



Chinese White and American White Wistaria, ii;c. — We have several vigorous 

 plants of the Chinese White, the shoots of which are remarkably strong, but do 

 not expect any bloom until the ensuing spring. They have withstood the last two 

 winters without the least injury. The Snow White variety of the Wistaria frutes- 

 cens is a very hardy and rapid climber, and regularly blooms twice during the 

 summer. But the most vigorous of all the species and varieties, is the Florihunda , 

 the shoots of which will run thirty feet in a season. The flowers are of a pale 

 cenilcan hue, borne on 'very long and profuse racemes, which are produced in great 

 abundance. The common Wistaria frutescens and the Chinese blue flowering 

 well known to describe, but there are others less known, such as the rosea, 

 olacea, serotina, &c., of which I will speak in a future communication. 



