SPRING-FLOWERING HARDY VINES IOI 
a late frost will sacrifice a season’s flowers. A 
plant with a northern exposure may be protected 
by cheese cloth or sheets. Transplanting can 
be done, but it is better to select a permanent 
position, and, after planting, leave the vine 
alone. In a case of necessity, cut the plant 
well back, removing about one third of the top; 
then dig well down for the deep root. Go down 
as far as you possibly can, and if you have to 
cut the root (you usually have to, finding only 
a single big one) cut it off clean, and in replant- 
ing, place a little sharp sand around the wound 
to assist in the development of new growth. 
The Chinese wistaria flowers about the middle 
of May and sometimes, in a favourable season, 
produces a second crop in August. The height 
this plant will attain is rather uncertain, but I 
think one hundred feet a very low estimate. 
The best white-flowered wistaria is Wistaria 
Chinensis, var. alba, identical with the type in 
every respect, save the colour of the flowers. 
There are two good double forms, var. flore-pleno 
(blue), and var. alba plena (white). These are 
equally hardy and just as floriferous as the single 
forms. There is also a variety with variegated 
foliage (var. variegata), but it is not a satisfactory 
grower and is very little used. 
