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not introduced to the gardens of English-speaking 
folk till 1846, when the London Horticultural Soci- 
ety received a single plant from the north of China. 
Matrimony-vine at Van Cortlandt Manor. 
How quickly it became cheap and abundant; soon it 
bloomed in every cottage garden ; how quickly it 
became beloved ! The graceful racemes of pendant 
rosy flowers were eagerly welcomed by children ; they 
