82 ELLW ANGER & BARRY'S CATALOGUE. 



WISTARIA. Glycine, Fr. 



{Nat. Ord. Fabacese.) 



W. brachybotrys. From Japan. Flowers light blue and fragrant. 



var. rubra. A variety with reddish purple flowers. 



W. Cbinensis. Chinese Wistakia. One of the most elegant and rapid 

 growing of all climbing plants ; attains an immense size, growing at the rate of 15 

 or 20 feet in a season. His long, pendulous clusters of pale blue flowers in spring 

 and autumn. See cut. $1 00. 



var. alba. Chinese White Wistaria. Introduced by Mr. Fortune, from 

 China, and regarded as one of his greatest acquisitions. $1.00. 



"W. frutescens. Sheubby oe Clustee-floweeed Wistaeia. In habit less 

 vigorous than the Chinese. Flowers pale blue in short clusters. 



var. alba. White Ameeican Wistaeia. Flowers clear white. Bunches 

 short. Free bloomer. Seedling of ours. $1.00. 



"W. magriifica. Flowers in dense, drooping racemes of a pale lilac, of the 

 same size as the Chinese, with the graceful foHage of the American. Vigrorous and 

 perfectly hardy. 



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HEDGE PLANTS, 



WHICH MAY BE EMPLOYED 



FOR ORNAMENT, SHELTER, SCREENS AND 



DEFENSE. 



For these purposes we recommend Evergreens like the American and Siberian 

 Arbor Vitce, Norway Spruce, Hemlocks, Austrian and Scotch Pines, and many of the 

 Deciduous and Evergreen shrubs, such as the Japan Quince, TamariT, Deutzias 

 Spircms, Mahonia, &c., and for defensive hedges, the Honey Locust and Osage 

 Orange. 



FOR ORNAMENT. 



The Siberian Arbor Vitce, in our opinion, takes the precedence among Evergreens, 

 as an Ornamental Evergreen Hedge Plant. Its thrifty, compact growth, fine form, 

 great hardihood and deep green color which its foliage retains throughout the year, 

 adapt it specially for dividing lines between lawns or gardens, or for hedges along 

 streets or avenues. 



The American Arbor Vitce though not quite so ornamental in character, being less 

 dense in growth, and spreading in habit, forms a handsome hedge. It ^uay be 

 obtained at less cost than any other evergreen hedge plant. 



For a low, ornamental hedge, nothing can equal the 7'o?n Thumb Aeboe Vit^. 



With careful pruning the Norway Sjyruce may be kept low and in good shape, and 

 grown in this manner is highly ornamental. 



The Hemlocks, being of extremely graceful habit and iiue foliage, are verj popular, 

 though not so hardy, nor so well adapted to all soils as the Arbor Vitce. The 

 flowering shrubs are ornamental hedge plants ^-'a/' excellence, among them the 

 Japan Quince is worthy of particular attention. 



