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we have known it to make a growth of twenty-two feet in one 

 season ; and, with us, has not failed, excepting one year in the 

 last twelve, to produce an abundant bloom, and that without 

 the least protection. The December previous to the year in 

 which it did not bloom was a very warm one. The buds pre- 

 maturely started, and were winter-killed; it, however, flow- 

 ered in August, but not so perfectly as it should have done in 

 the spring. The flowers make their appearance before the 

 foliage starts, the last of May, in the open ground. The foliage 

 is abundant, and its color is a lively, pleasant hue of green. 

 The plants for the few first years are somewhat tender, at the 

 North, and should be laid down before winter sets in, and cov- 

 ered with earth, or coarse manure. It grows freely in almost 

 any soil ; but to have strong plants, it is important to have a 

 rich, deep loam. It will not flower till the plants get strong. 



A new variety, with white flowers, was brought to England 

 from China, by Mr. Fortune. In planting out young vines, 

 they should be cut down to a single bud. 



My plants generally produce scattering clusters of flowers, 

 during the last summer months, but are not equal to the clusters 

 produced in the spring. They are planted against a bank wall, 

 on the south side, and run in and out of it at pleasure, sending 

 out long branches in every direction, making free with all the 

 trees in the neighborhood, and running at random in a strange 

 manner. The wood needs shortening in February, or perhaps 

 it would be better to prune in December. 



