36 FLOWERING AND ORNAMENTAL SHRUBS. 



American Glycine frutescens, orWistaria frutescens* 

 This beautiful brother of the Chinese kind, is a native 

 of our Southern states, grows much in the same way 

 as the other, and perhaps not inferior. Although this 

 fine creeper has been long known in England^ we 

 have not heard much about it by English writers ; the 

 conclusion seems to be that it does not flower well in 

 England. In fact, none of our southern plants do well 

 in that country, while those from China do very well 

 —here, however, it is quite the reverse. I have the 

 Chinese Wistaria Sinensis from fifteen to twenty feet 

 long, and the American Wistaria about the same 

 height. The Chinese does not look so vigorous and 

 green as his American brother. — The American Wis- 

 taria should be planted in every garden with other 

 creepers, or run up the trees in shrubberies, according 

 to its natural disposition. 



Lonicera, comprehending all the fine sweet scented 

 honeysuckles ; of the Italian kinds, the monthly honey- 

 suckle is decidedly superior, continuing to flower all 

 through the summer, until late in the fall, and very 

 fragrant. Some of the other European kinds may be 

 occasionally introduced in large shrubberies — two or 

 three American kinds deserve particular notice. 



Lonicera semper virens, or Coral trumpet monthly 

 honeysuckle, is extremely beautiful, flowering the 

 whole of the summer, with its thousands of scarlet 

 bunches. It is, however, destitute of scent. 



Lonicera Fraseri, also an American p the flowers 



