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MISS MARY E. MARTIN. FLORAL PARK. NEW YORK. 



THE FAMOUS CHINESE KUDZU, 



JACK AND THE BEANSTALK VINE/' 



WATCH IT 

 GROW!! 



(Pueraria Thunbergiana.) 



" It IS a veritable Jack and the Beanstalk Vine."— 

 A H. Olmsted, Esq., in MeeliuJi's Monthly. 



*' There is possibly nothing like it in the whole 

 \ egetable kingdom. It is extremely valuable for 

 lapidly covering anything in one season, and inter- 

 estmg'to the lover of the wonderful, it has grown 

 on our grounds 70 feet in one season.'" — MR. THOMAS 

 Meehax. 



If you wish a vine that will grow anj'where, in the best or poorest 

 soil, then plant the Chinese Kudzu. It will flourish where nothing 

 else will gro\\, and will last for iwenty-five years or more. 



The large, bold lea\ es of the brightest green afford a dense shade. 

 Ihe clu-5ieis ot purple l\ 'istaria-like flowej-s, 6 to 7 inches long, are 

 dt hcion^lv p-aq-7 a>tt,'b at its greatest feature is its wonderf ull j^ strong 

 growth ^12 mcheb m a day), which makes it invaluable for rapidly 

 covering arbors, fences, porches, dead or old trees, 

 rockeries, etc. As such it was recommended by " Gar- 

 den and Forest," "American Gardening," "M'eehan's 

 Monthlv," and other reliable journals, as well as by 

 such eminent authorities as ;Mr. Watson, of the Roya'l 

 Kew Gardens ; Mr. Olmsted, of World's Fair fame, and 

 Mr. Thomas Meehan, in whose garden it has been 

 growing since 1876! In the Hakone Mountains, much 

 visited bv tourists, the Kudzu fills the air with fra- 

 grance. The vine is, of course, very hardy, grows to a 

 height of 50 feet, if permitted, and is we'll filled with 

 ense foliage close to the ground, but may be kept 

 down by cutting back. 



PACKET, 15 SEEDS, 10c. 



Soak the seed in warm water for 6 hours before 

 planting. Start inside in pots or boxes, and 

 transplant outside, where it is wanted to 

 grow, when the plants are 3 or 4 inches high, 

 if the weather is suitable. The enormous 

 growths mentioned by these various author- 

 ities of course refer to established plants, 

 and not to seeds the first year, although the 

 second year they make enormous growths. 



Good plants are -tOc. each; 3 for $1.00. 



DOI^ICHOS JAPONICVS. 



" Sticklers for the right must kindly excuse 

 me heading these notes with the name 

 given instead of the correct one, Pueraria 

 Thunbergiana; but old names hang to us 

 and it seems like giving the cut to an old 

 friend to give this plant a new designation. 



" This vine has been given much notice of 

 late on account of its enormous annual 

 growth. Shoots of fifty feet in a season are 

 not at all uncommon. It is such a rapid 

 grower that it must have lots of room ; and 

 for this reason common porches and similar 

 structures are unsuited for it. What it wants 

 is a pergola, or something on which it can 

 ^^ , --. . , entwine itself to reach the top of a tall build- 



Kudzu Vine grovjing on house. i^o; or tree ; it wants no enticement to make 



more growth thananv other vine in cultivation known in our nurseries of to-day. , , . . ^ ,., 



*• The foliage of this vine is not unlike that of the Lima bean, but it belongs to the family of wistarias, and, like 

 those vines, has racemes of flowers six to eight inches in length ; the blossoms are rose colored and fragrant. But 

 instead of the racemes drooping, as they do in wistaria, they are erect. The plant, when m bloom, contmues 

 to flower for about six weeks. When grown to something overhead, such as a pergola, the flowers are free to the 

 vision, but when growing to a tree, or similar obiect. the growth is so rapid as to overlap the blooms, and one some- 

 times does not know the vine is flowering till admonished to look for the flowers by the odor when passing, or those 

 that have fallen. It is a most useful vine'because of its rapid growth, and one which may be considered quite hardy; 

 as, no matter if its shoots are hurt by cold, it springs up and grows like magic as soon as the season opens." 



JOSEPH M££xxAN. 



