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blue colour. Another very attractive Vine, with 

 elegantly-cut foliage, is V. vinifera laciniosa and V, seriana- 

 folia has deeply-divided leaves. 



Wistaria. — This is one of the loveliest of all hardy 

 climbers, its long, drooping clusters of fragrant lavender 

 flowers making a beautiful picture in the spring of the 

 year. For training on houses, walls and pergolas it is 

 in much request, but it is all too rarely used on trees 

 where its effect is charming. One disadvantage to the 

 Wistaria as a tree-climber is that it often makes but little 

 growth in its earlier stages, a fact which is apt to entail 

 a certain amount of solicitude until it has started away 

 strongly. It is better to grow it in a pot primarily, 

 shifting on as required, and to plant out in a well- 

 prepared spot when the example is fairly large. There 

 is a pretty white variety of the common W. sinensis, and 

 also a double form that is worthless. W. multijuga, such 

 a favourite climber in Japan, is a strikingly handsome 

 plant, having very long flower-racemes, sometimes three 

 feet or more in length. 



