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The annuals are easily raised from selected seeds, sown 

 in the open, but the double-flowered varieties can only be 

 raised from cuttings, which are easily rooted in bottom 

 heat. The leaves of T. major are eaten in salads, the 

 green fruits are pickled, and the tubers of T. tuberosum are 

 a favourite South American vegetable. 



VITIS 



See Chapter XI (Vines), p. 58, also Ampelopsis, p. 76. 



WISTARIA (see Plates II and III) 



A small genus of leguminous deciduous shrubs, natives 

 of China, Japan, and North America, and quite the noblest 

 of hardy introduced woody climbers. Their beauty when 

 trained against buildings is very well known, and they are 

 also well adapted for rambling among trees, particularly 

 the Laburnum, which flowers at the same time. Wistarias 

 should have good soil, and they grow fast when well 

 established. The best species are W. chinensis, the first 

 to be introduced, of which there are white- and double- 

 flowered varieties, and the less familiar W. multijuga, also 

 from China, later flowering and remarkable for its very long 

 racemes, which sometimes exceed 3 feet in length. There 

 are blue and white flowered varieties of this also. Pro- 

 pagation by layers in summer. 



