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bloom, that it is the most beautiful thing you ever 

 saw in the way of a vine. And not the least of its 

 merits is its habit of flowering at a time when 

 most vines have passed into the sere-and-yellow- 

 leaf period. September and October see it in its 

 prime. Its foliage, of dark, rich, glossy green, 

 furnishes a most pleasing background against 

 which its countless panicles of white bloom stand 

 out with most striking and delightful effect. I 

 have no knowledge of a more floriferous vine, 

 and I know of no more beautiful one. As a 

 covering for the pergola attached to the house it 

 is unrivalled. 



In the southern belt of our northern states, 

 where the Wistaria is hardy enough to withstand 

 the winter, no more satisfactory flowering vine 

 can be chosen for a pergola covering. Its habit 

 of growth and flowering seems perfectly in har- 

 mony with the primary idea of the pergola. It 

 will furnish all the shade that is needed without 

 shutting out the sunshine entirely, and its pen- 

 dant clusters of lavender-blue flowers are never 

 more pleasing than when seen hanging between 

 the cross-bars of the pergola. 



If the person who builds a summer-house or 

 a pergola is impatient for results it will be well 

 to make use of annual vines for covering it the 



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