. Handbook of hardy trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants ... Based on the French work of Messrs. Decaisne and Naudin ...entitled 'Manuel de l'amateur des jardins,' and including the original woodcuts by Riocreux and Leblanc. Plants, Ornamental. 124 L egu in in oso'—. Ga lega. (V. officinalis grows about 4 or even 5 feet high, with lan- ceolate acute leaflets and pale blue or white flowers. G. hiloha has the leaves bifid at the tip and pale purple flowers, and G. Persica has oval or oblong mucronate glaucescent leaves and white flowers. 15. WISTARIA. Tall climbing deciduous shrubs with imparipi
. Handbook of hardy trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants ... Based on the French work of Messrs. Decaisne and Naudin ...entitled 'Manuel de l'amateur des jardins,' and including the original woodcuts by Riocreux and Leblanc. Plants, Ornamental. 124 L egu in in oso'—. Ga lega. (V. officinalis grows about 4 or even 5 feet high, with lan- ceolate acute leaflets and pale blue or white flowers. G. hiloha has the leaves bifid at the tip and pale purple flowers, and G. Persica has oval or oblong mucronate glaucescent leaves and white flowers. 15. WISTARIA. Tall climbing deciduous shrubs with imparipinnate leaves and terminal pendulous racemes of bluish flowers. The two upper teeth of the calyx short and subconnate, the inferior longer. Standard large. Stamens diadelphous, or the vexillary united with the others at the middle. Pod elongated, twisted ; valves scarcely coriaceous, dehiscent; seeds reniform, estro- phiolate. About four or five species are known, one from North America and the rest from China and Japan. So named in honour of an American botanist. Some of the species were formerly erroneously referred to the genus Glycine. 1. W. Sinensis (fig. 70), syn. W. consequana.—Nothing. Fig. 70. Wistaria Sinensis. (J not. size.) can exceed the beauty of this magnificent climbing shrub when in full flower, towards the end of April or in the beginning of. 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 Hemsley, W. Botting (William Botting), 1843-1924; Decaisne, J. (Joseph) Manuel de l'amateur des jardins. Boston, Estes & Lauriat
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