322 TREES AND SHRUBS 



It is a noble climber. V. heterophylla humulifolia has 

 beautiful fruit, each berry about the size of a pea and 

 turquoise blue ; it likes a warm, sunny wall. V. (Am- 

 pelopsis) Veitchii is too well known to describe. V. 

 Romaneti and V. vinifera, the Common Grape Vine, 

 also deserve notice. Of the last-mentioned there 

 are many beautiful varieties, such as Purpurea, 

 Miller's Burgundy, Teinturier, with claret-coloured 

 foliage, and the Parsley-leaved Vine. V. Thunbergi 

 has very fine leaves, which turn crimson in autumn. 

 The Vines should be seen in greater variety, and 

 Messrs. Veitch's recent beautiful novelties planted too. 

 WISTARIA. Wistaria time is a pleasant season of 

 the year. A few noble examples may be seen in the 

 suburbs of London, especially at Kew and Hampton 

 Court, where the trees must be a great age, while 

 quite a fine plant is in the Royal Gardens, Kew, also. 

 What may be achieved with this plant if some atten- 

 tion to its needs were forthcoming is not clear, for 

 most of the Wistarias we see from time to time shift 

 for themselves, and by the position they occupy must 

 have large numbers of their roots in dusty, dry soil. 

 In former days it was always the custom to plant this 

 fine climber at the base of the dwelling-house wall, 

 but now, with a fuller knowledge of its robust growth, 

 its widely-extending branches, and equally its wide- 

 rooting capacity, other positions may with advantage 

 be secured for it. One example may be seen at Kew, 

 where a fine plant covers a huge cage-like structure. 

 Another good way would be to plant it to run over 

 pergolas, and with Clematis to succeed the Wistaria, 



