MAY. 115 



WISTERIA, OR GLYCINE SINENSIS, 



Is a trailing creeping plant, that requires a warm 

 wall or paling for its support, but amply repays all 

 trouble by its beauty ; it is of the family from China. 

 When established in the ground, it will shoot ten or 

 twelve feet in a season, and is hung on the old wood 

 with long bunches of pale purple flowers, like those 

 of the Laburnum. In autumn it throws out a second 

 crop, rather larger in size than the first. 



TREE PEONY. 



Another precious novelty from China, which has 

 supplied us with so many plants, but with none 

 more superb than this. This shrub bears flowers, 

 in form like those of the common Peony, but in 

 greater profusion and of more beauty. It is of va- 

 riegated rose-color. There are some varieties, as 

 the Banksia, the Passaveracea, with a flower painted 

 like the Gumcistus, but single and some newly 

 raised from seed. 



On its first introduction it was kept in conserva- 

 tories, but experience has proved that it stands our 

 winter well. It thrives best in a light rich soil, and 

 should have a warm and sheltered situation, as frosts 

 *riay blight its flowers. 



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