WISTARI A X A NTHOCER AS 



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remarkable floral exhibitions on the 

 adapted for walls as W. chin- 

 ensis; it should be trained in 

 such a way as to allow the 

 racemes to hang freely, such 

 as on overhead trellises. 



Some authorities have 

 considered it a variety of 

 W. chinensis, but it is quite 

 distinct. The most obvious 

 difference is the length of 

 raceme, but the leaves also 

 have more leaflets, and it 

 flowers two or three weeks 

 later. Where climbing space 

 is not available, W. multi- 

 juga can be treated as a 

 bush. A plant in the Kew 

 collection has been grown 

 for over forty years like 

 this, and is now only about 

 8 ft. high. Its branches are 

 spurred back every year, and 

 it produces an amazing pro- 

 fusion of racemes. All the 

 forms of this Wistaria can 

 be increased by layers and 

 by grafting twigs on the 

 pieces of its own roots in 

 spring. 



Var. ALBA. Flowers 

 white, tinged with lilac, 

 racemes shorter than in the 

 type; a very beautiful plant. 



Var. ROSEA. Flowers 

 pale rose-coloured. 



Var. RUSSELLIANA. 

 Flowers darker than in the 

 type, marked with creamy 

 blotches. 



XANTHOCERAS 



SORBIFOLIA, Bunge. 

 SAPINDACE.E. 



(Dot. Mag., t. 6923.) 



A deciduous shrub or 

 small tree up to 20 ft. 

 high, of rather stiff, erect 

 habit, with a large quantity 

 of pith in the young 

 branches. Leaves pinnate, 

 5 to 8 ins. long, smooth 



globe. This variety is not so well 



WISTARIA MULTLTUOA. 



leaflets nine to fifteen, confined to the 



