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THE FLOWER GARDEN. 
square and deep for V. inconstans, and fill it with a compost 
of two parts loam and one part of equal proportions of rotten 
manure, leaf-mould and grit. Planting may take place in 
October, February or March. For the first year or so growth 
will be slow, and any shoots that form will require to be 
nailed to the wall. Once they get a start, however, they will 
soon make headway and take care of themselves. We should 
add here that these creepers will not cling satisfactorily to 
paint: d or stucco walls. Future treatment consists of annually 
cutting back all loose shoots in January or February. Both 
species may be reared from imported seeds sowm in light soil 
in moderate heat or a cold frame in spring ; by cuttings of 
shoots 6 or Sin- long, inserted in pots of sandy soil in a cold 
frame in September ; in similar soil under a handlight out- 
doors ; or by layering the shoots in autumn. The cuttings 
should be left in thdr pots or beds till the following autumn, 
then be planted out. V. heterophylla, Coignetiae, and cali- 
fornica are increased by cuttings or eyes of ripened wood in 
heat early in the year. 
Wistaria. (Chinese Kidney Bean Tree). — The Wistaria is 
one of our most beautiful hardy, flowering, climbing shrubs. 
The common species (W. chinensis) has been grown in 
England for a long period, and very large plants of 
it are to be seen about the country. When clothed 
with its pretty cut foliage and its shoots laden with 
clusters of pale purple pea-like blossom it is a most beautiful 
object. It comes from China, belongs to the Laburnum 
order (Leguminosae), and is a vigorous grower. Its growth 
for the first few years is very slow, but once it is established 
it makes great headway and covers a large area. There is a 
white and a double-flowered form of it, but neither is so good 
as the type. There are two other species. W. multijuga is of 
Japanese origin, and bears pale lilac-purple flowers in racemes 
2 to 3ft. long. W. frutescens is an American species of less 
rigorous growth than the others. It bears bluish-purple 
flow'ers. All the foregoing kinds may be grown against a 
south-west wall, or in mild districts on pergolas or dead tree- 
stumps. Wistarias like a rich, deep loamy soil, freely mixed 
with leaf-mould and rotten manure. Plant in autumn. Wis- 
tarias are often grown as standards, and very pretty they 
look. The strong young shoots growing against walls should 
be trained in to their full length, and all weak ones shortened 
to ain. in w'inter. It is also advisable to spur in the weak 
growths of those trained on arbours. Increased by layers. 
