Chap. XI. 



THE GLYCINE SINENSIS. 



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and Primula cortusoides. It will easily be believed 

 that with such a host of Flora's beauties these 

 Chinese gardens must be gay indeed. But perhaps 

 the most beautiful sight of all is the Glycine sinen- 

 sis, climbing upon and hanging down from other 

 trees. I believe I noticed in my former works 

 the fine effects produced by this climber when in 

 such situations. I again observed numerous ex- 

 amples this spring, and cannot help drawing atten- 

 tion once more to the subject. The fine plant of 

 this species upon the Ohiswick garden-wall is much 

 and justly admired ; but imagine a plant equally 

 large, or in some instances much larger, attaching 

 itself to a tree, or even a group of trees, entwining 

 itself round the stems, running up every branch, 

 and weighing down every branchlet ; and, in the 

 end of April or beginning of May, covered with 

 flowers, some faint idea may be formed of the fine 

 effects produced by the glycine in its native coun- 

 try. I believe it would not succeed if managed in 

 this way near London, or anywhere in the north ; 

 but the experiment would be worth a trial in some 

 parts of Europe, where the summers are warmer 

 than they are in England. As this description 

 may meet the eye of readers in the United States 

 of America, who are as fond of their parks and 

 gardens as we are of ours, I cannot do better 

 than recommend the experiment to them. Many 

 of our northern Chinese plants succeed admirably 

 in America. China and America are both situated 

 on the eastern side of large continents, they are 



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