DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF FLOWERING SHRUBS. 4%5 
to the trunk of a tree within its reach, by the numerous 
small aerial-rootlets, which it sends out from the inner 
sides. of its shoots. 
“Tn the blossoms of the Z. grandiflora, however, lies 
its peculiar beauty. These are produced, in great profu- 
sion of clusters, in July and August, so as to give the 
whole plant an exceedingly gay and lively appearance. 
They are not long and tubular, like those of the common 
Trumpet Flower, but somewhat cup-shaped. * * * The 
color is beautifully varied, the outside being a rich pure 
orange-scarlet, marked with brighter streaks. These gay 
clusters open their blossoms in succession, so as to keep up 
a brilliant appearance for a long time; and we are ac- 
quainted with no climbing shrub, except the Chinese 
Wistaria, which at all vies in elegance or brilliancy of ef 
fect, in the garden or pleasure-ground, with this during 
the season of bloom. Last season, we counted over three 
hundred in bloom, at once, upon a plant in our neighbor- 
hood; and the same profuse display continued a fortnight 
or more. 
“ T. grandiflora may be grown with perfect ease where 
the old Trumpet Flower (Z. radicans) thrives. North 
of this (Newburg, N. Y.) it will, perhaps, require a little 
protection in winter, such as a layer of straw tied over the 
larger shoots, or some branches of evergreens laid against 
them at the approach of winter. A northern site will al- 
so be found the better one at the north, wherever there is 
a doubt of its hardiness, since the temperature will, in 
such a site, be more uniform and less injurious than in a 
southern aspect. Wherever the Isabella grape ripens, 
this handsome climbing shrub will be easily cultivated in 
almost any situation. If there are any fears of its hardi- 
ness, it may be protected, as we have pointed out, for a 
‘ couple of years, till the wood gets strong and well hard- 
ened, Any dry, light, well-drained soil, suits this climb- 
