. Ellwanger & Barry's supplementary catalogue novelties, etc. : 1898. Trumpet Flower. (^Natural Size.) TV. W. WISTARIA. Wistarie, Ger. Glycine, Fr. bracliybotrjs. From Japan. Flowers light blue and fragrant; clusters short. 50c. Sinensis. Chinese Wistaria. One of the most elegant and rapid growing of all cUmbing plants: attains an immense size, growing at the rate of 15 or 20 feet in a season. Has long, pendulous clusters of pale blue flowers in May and June and in autumn. (See cut.; Introduced by Mr. Fortune, from China, andl •ather a shy W. W. Chinese "Wistaria ()^ Natural Siz


. Ellwanger & Barry's supplementary catalogue novelties, etc. : 1898. Trumpet Flower. (^Natural Size.) TV. W. WISTARIA. Wistarie, Ger. Glycine, Fr. bracliybotrjs. From Japan. Flowers light blue and fragrant; clusters short. 50c. Sinensis. Chinese Wistaria. One of the most elegant and rapid growing of all cUmbing plants: attains an immense size, growing at the rate of 15 or 20 feet in a season. Has long, pendulous clusters of pale blue flowers in May and June and in autumn. (See cut.; Introduced by Mr. Fortune, from China, andl •ather a shy W. W. Chinese "Wistaria ()^ Natural Size). var. alba. Chinese White Wistaria. Pure white flowei-s. regarded as one of his greatest acquisitions. $ var. flore pleno. A strong grower when established; flowers in racemes; purple, very double: bloomer. $ friitescens. Shrubby, or Cluster-flowered Wistaria. American. In habit less \igorous than the Chinese. Flowers pale blue in short clusters. 35c. var. alba. White American Wistaria. Flowers clear white; bunches short; free bloomer. $ magnifica. Flowers in dense drooping racemes of the same size as the Chinese, and of a pale lilac color; vigorous and perfectly hardy. 35c. multijuga. From Japan. Dark blue flowers. Similar to Chinese but darker. $ Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Mount Hope Nurseries; Ellwanger & Barry; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection. Rochester, N. Y. : Ellwanger & Barry


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