Wistaria, continued 



secured by rather severe pruning, cutting back the 

 lateral shoots to short spurs, but the gain in flowers 

 is perhaps at the sacrifice of picturesque and 

 natural grace and beauty. 



Wistaria chinensis. CHIXKSE WISTARIA. A rapid- 

 growing tall vine with handsome foliage and flowers. 

 Native of China. Leaves compound, consisting of 

 about eleven pale green leaflets. Flowers pea-shaped, 

 purplish, profusely borne in dense drooping clusters 7 

 to 12 inches long, opening in mid-spring. Very showy 

 and desirable. 



W. chinensis alba. WHITK WISTARIA. A form of the 

 above with pure white flowers. 



W. chinensis Hore pleno. DOUBLE- FLOWERED WIS- 

 TARIA. A free-flowering variety with very double pur- 

 ple flowers. 



W. frutescens. AMERICAN WISTARIA. A tall and 

 slender vine with dark green foliage, growing naturally 

 from Virginia to Florida. Leaves compound, consisting 

 of 9 to 15 leaflets, producing an airy light shade. Flow- 

 ers lilac-purple, in numerous dense short racemes, 

 blossoming about three weeks later than the Chinese 

 Wistaria. 



W. macrostachys. LARGE-FLOWERED AMERICAN WIS- 

 TARIA. A stout climbing vine with stems 20 to 30 feet 

 long, distributed from Missouri and Arkansas eastward 

 to Tennessee. Leaves compound, consisting of about 

 nine bright green leaflets. Flowers in drooping racemes, 

 6 to 8 inches long, lilac-purple or light blue, very 

 showy. 



W. multijuga. JAPANESE WISTARIA. A vigorous tall- 

 growing vine with bright green foliage, widely culti- 

 vated in Japan and long supposed to be a native of that 

 country, but probably of Chinese origin. Leaves com- 

 pound, consisting of 17 to 21 leaflets. Flowers light 

 purple, in loose drooping racemes i to 3 feet long. A 

 remarkably distinct and showy species. The long 

 clusters of flowers at the top of the pergola picture 

 shown on the preceding page, some of them 3 feet long, 

 are of this superb vine. 



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