1988 WISTARIA 



bears profusely dense, drooping clusters of purplish 

 pea-sbaped flowers. The clusters are about a foot lon^. 

 Tbiji is the commonest and best form. The others fur- 

 nish the connoisseur with variety in habit, color and 

 season of bloom, but they are not as prolific, and doub- 

 ling adds nothing to the beauty of the flowers. More- 

 over, the double flowers decay quickly in wet weather. 

 The Chinese Wistaria was introduced into England about 

 1816. Twenty-five years later there was a specimen in 

 England with brainlics attaining 100 ft. on each side of 

 theiii.iiii i-it!, 11 li .mother specimen that covered 905 



Til' (I V. , ; ,11,1 blooms in May and usually gives 



a suKiM' t 'I'll' "I il'wrr.s in August or September. The 

 spring crop ih hniiii- on spurs, while the autumn crop 

 is borne ou terminal shoots of the season. There are 

 several ideas about traininer a Wistaria. A good way 



WISTARIA 



CJii)ie»sis. May 10-^0; W. mi,lliji,,i„. May 15-;tl;, »'. 

 speviosu, June 1-8. 



Wistarias will live in rather dry and sandy soil, but 

 they prefer a deep and rich earth. Cuttings root with 

 diflicultv and the common nursery practice is to graft a 

 sni.-.ll sli.,.,t .Ml :i ,.i,-,-H of root. The roots are long and 

 (•■■: iiii.l -i I", 11 .l.i !-. making few fibers. They reseni- 

 '•'.' "i I ;:is are hard to transplant, un- 



I' I ! 11 L'ldwn for the purpose or fre- 



M"'ii:l^ 1 run |ili(hi, , ■ ili.- nursery row. Unless ma- 

 nurcMl bi-avily \vli. I ,i ilm;,,!, tlipy are very slow in 

 starting into Vigo 1,1 l lo' most satisfactory 



method of projiaLiii . i i miiateur is layering. 



Those who wisli lo :::\. ;, M.iiii- Wistaria an extra 

 good start may sink a boiionil^s.s uib in the ground and 

 fill it with good soil. If a Wistaria is to be trained to 

 a tree, select an old tree, if possible, which is past 

 the height of its vigor. 



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ity 





2744. Wistaria Chinensis 



is to let it alone. This produces rugged, twisted and 

 picturesque branches and gives a certain oriental ef- 

 fect, but it is not the best method for covering a 

 wall space solidly nr for making the best display of 

 bloom. To covir' a, wall r-oniiiletely it is necessary to 

 keep the leaili-rs taiil aiid lo train outside branches 

 wherever they an- iin-did. II' i|\iantity of bloom is the 

 first consideration llu' vim--, should be pruned back every 

 year to spurs, a common umiIioiI in .lapan. The Japa- 

 nese chiefly use anotbn- s|,i riis. If. multijuga, which 

 often passes in our niii'^.n. s himIi r ihe name of W. 

 Sinensis, the clusters of tin- .liiiinnrs,. favorite some- 

 times attaining .3 or 4 fci't. Tlir low. • -torifil Japa- 

 nese building will have a Wistarin so n-ain. il iliat the 

 vine follows the eaves all round ilo- I -.'. Tlio foli- 

 age is all above, and the yard-Ion- .lust.rs oi purple 

 blossoms depend therefrom in solid. imlnoKi n. linr.ir 

 masses, 2 or ;t ranks deep. Tl'. o,uii,rni,, i- -ni.l lo l.r 

 less vigorous and productive in Am. rim ami iMirop,. 

 than Japan. When trained as ,i -inmlm.l iIh Wis- 

 taria requires much care. Proi.ni.u il.i lin. -i ^land- 

 ard Wistaria is that figured in ' I ' ''■' ml Ong. 

 1:321, where full directions li i may be 

 found. The following dates of li i ' -iful to 

 those who reckon from the latim I. ■ i Xi v \,Tk: \T. 



tpH 1. Chinensis, DC. (W. Sinensis, Sweet. 



I ■; I W. conse(]mhia. houd. W. pohjst&chya, V. 



yilt Kocb.). Chinese WiSTAKIA. Figs. 2744, 2745. 



'''«'J| Hardy, fasi and tall i,'i-owiiig climberwith pale 



"~ ~ green i-oiii|Miiimi folm^'e and foot-long clus- 



ters (if ]iur[dis|i |i(-a shaped fls. borne i>ro- 

 fusely in .May. Lfts. aliout 11, ovate-lanceo- 

 late, 2-a in. long, silky : racemes 7-12 in. 

 long, about 25-50-fld.: fls. odorless, M in. 



_ long, IH in. across: fr. borne very sparingly, 



especially on the var. albiflora. May and 

 Aug. China. Clusters in B.M. 2083 (adapted 

 in Fig. 2745), L.B.C. 8:773, P.M. 7:127 and 

 B.R. 8:G50 (as Olijcine Sinensis), and Gn. 

 39, p. 409. Habit in Gn. 4, p. 173 ; 11, p. 

 380; 12, p 469: 34, p. 376; 44, p. 7; 48, p. 

 1.57; 49, p. 43; 50, p. 183; 51, p. 396; 52, 

 p. 310; 53, p. 471; G.C. III. 21:7 and Gn. 51, 

 p. 286, the last showing the spur system of 

 pruning. V. 14:162 (pot -plant). G. F. 

 6:2,56 and Gng. 1:321 show "standards." 

 The typical form has single purple fls. and is some- 

 times called var. purpnrea. Hort. Var. albifldra, 

 Ijemaire (var. dlha, Hort.), has single white flowers. 

 I. H. 5:166. Gn. 53, pp. 325, 470. Var. alba pUna, Hort., 

 has double white flowers. Var. Ilore-pleno, Hurt., has 

 double purple flowers. F. 1882:33. (In, IT. |.. Id.".; :i4, 

 p. 373. Var. maorobdtrys, Bean, i ir. /iooi.i/h./i-.i/.v, 



ters loii'.'rr and lo.i-,i. mil ii.h in America. Var. va- 

 riegata, llori., ],:,- i 



2. multi.iug 

 Disitinguishe, 



glab 



tba 



,-,inrs J ' as long as in W. Cliinei 



loo-i r ami i loii-Hd. : fls. ahout half as 1 



as in ir. (■/'.;. . ' I'ods oblanceolate, flattened, 

 rigid, flat, thinly woody valves: seeds orbicular. 1 

 supposed to be native to Japan, but probablv nati' 

 north China. F.S. 19:2002. R.H. 1891, pp. 176, 

 B.M. 7522. Gng. 2:161. G.C. III. 13:233 and 



