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THE WISTARIA SINENSIS. 
which has been had of it in the open ground fully proves. By efficient pruning; 
it will acquire, when at the height of ten or twelve feet, such a number of lateral 
branches about a foot long, that, after it has reached this state, it will bear nothing 
but blooming spurs ; or, if it occasionally send out a few of its long slender shoots, 
these will only serve to increase its beauty during the summer, and may be easily 
pruned away in winter. 
Treated as a dwarf shrub, and cultivated in a pot, it is, moreover, an extremely 
managable plant, and makes a very agreeable thing for a show-house, as well or 
account of its actual interest, as because the fragrance of its blossoms can thus lx 
better enjoyed. What can be accomplished with it in this manner is yet, to many 
a pure speculation ; but the specimens which have here and there appeared ai 
public exhibitions show that the most satisfactory results have been obtained. Ai! 
in the cases before spoken of, pruning is the means by which it can be brought 
into this dwarf condition, and since it grows in the commonest soil, the compos 1 
supplied to it in a pot should be of the simplest nature, such as ordinary gardei 
earth, while the pot itself should not be too capacious. 
In alluding to the Wistaria as a pot plant, we would not, however, pass by it; 
capabilities for forcing, under such circumstances. Most cultivators have seen hov 
nicely this plant develops itself under the stimulus of a slight heat, when trainer 
over the roof of a Camellia-house or warm conservatory, where a little artificia 
warmth is used. Fully as free would, therefore, most likely be its development 
as a forced plant in a pot. And when its attractions for such an object ar 
considered, it will, we think, ere long be frequently subjected to the experiment. 
We have long looked upon this species as likely to prove one of the mos 
valuable accessions to our present rather limited stock of forcing plants, and w 
should rejoice if any hint of ours brought it more under notice in this respect 
Its recommendations are freedom in the production of flowers, great showinesj 
and an exquisite fragrance. It is also a plant which would, doubtless, soo 
become so habituated to forcing, that the same specimens would answer year afte 
year, and even become improvingly fit for the process. 
Another end to which it might be applied in greenhouses or conservatories 
is, trailing over rockeries or rustic work. To give it its due effect in these positions 
the shoots should occasionally be plunged under one or more of the stones, or othe 
material, and issue again in the next patch of soil as a fresh plant. Such a prc 
ceeding, beyond securing the plant more firmly, and hiding the naked portion < 
its branches, and harmonizing its general aspect more thoroughly with the charach 
of the rockery, and helping to throw out the bolder forms and outlines of the latte: 
would further conduce to the shrubbiness and fertility of the specimen. And as n 
rain occurs in a plant-house, as it does in the open air, to dash up the earth aroun 
its beautiful flowers and mar their appearance, the fact of their lying, in son 
instances, so near to the earth, would be in no degree objectionable. 
To precisely the same purposes which we have noted in connexion wii 
