ON SOME ORNAMENTALS 



stem or twig, which will be grasped as the trap- 

 like stigma closes, and held as a frog might hold 

 a stick in its mouth. The same remarks apply also 

 to the unrelated mulus, or monkey flower. 



Good work may be done by crossing the hardy 

 bignonia with the tender ones, with excellent pros- 

 pect of producing new varieties of value. 



Another ornamental vine that offers good op- 

 portunities for the plant developer is the familiar 

 and beautiful Wistaria. 



There is a fair degree of variation among the 

 different species of wistaria, some bearing blue 

 flowers and others white ones. The plants of this 

 genus are not only valuable as climbers, covering 

 walls and arbors with vines that bear beautiful 

 flowers, but they can also be trained to form tree- 

 like bushes that are most attractive additions to 

 the lawn. The Chinese wistaria is ordinarily a 

 long vine, but may be trained to a bush five feet 

 across and thrive fully as well. Under this mode 

 of culture, a certain amount of energy that would 

 ordinarily go to the production of the vine itself is 

 saved and utilized for flower production, so that 

 wistaria bushes thus trained become astonishing 

 bearers of blossoms, like gigantic bouquets. 



Nothing more is necessary in training the vine 

 than to trim it to form a head, and then from time 

 to time to cut out the straggling branches. 



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