. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. >??'?,"•'''.< rTvi REMOTE STOl THE WISTARIA'S WAYS AND WANTS In landscape adornment, vines as well as shrubs and trees can often he used to advantage—to the advantage of both gardener and grounds. Vines increase the possibilities for variety and effectiveness in design, thus adding to the trade's opportunities. And few vines are more serviceable in this way than the wistaria. O ONE viae, q^ qourse, will answer ail the different purposes £«piNI?hich vines ' "^ be p'ossible, even, to find a vine that is perfectly suited to any one
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. >??'?,"•'''.< rTvi REMOTE STOl THE WISTARIA'S WAYS AND WANTS In landscape adornment, vines as well as shrubs and trees can often he used to advantage—to the advantage of both gardener and grounds. Vines increase the possibilities for variety and effectiveness in design, thus adding to the trade's opportunities. And few vines are more serviceable in this way than the wistaria. O ONE viae, q^ qourse, will answer ail the different purposes £«piNI?hich vines ' "^ be p'ossible, even, to find a vine that is perfectly suited to any one purpose. The commercially perfect vine, or commercially per- fect plant of any sort, never yet has been obtained and prob- ably never will be obtained, catalogues to the contrary notwithstanding. All normal products of nature, such as plants, may be perfect in their own way, but as soon as man begins to adapt these natural products to artifi- citflJ/'Conditions—then, in the words of the, famous jingle, "nee- dles and pins, his trouble begins;" he begins his ceaseless effort toward what he calls improve- ment, improvemettit that ever leads onward to greater improvement. In plant raising, as in other human undertakings, our present best will generally be followed by a future better. Thus the world "do move," and for that let Providence be thanked! So the wistaria, com- mercially speaking, has its defects as well as its merits. Or, if the ad- mirers of the wistaria will not admit that it has any defects, they will at least acknowledge that it has its limitations. About Its Name. The wistaria is more than ordinarily beautiful. It has a most unique and distinctive sort of beau- ty, and even the name "wistaria" is pleasing enough to accord well with the grace and charm of the plant. The name is pretty enough to fit the plant and that is more than can be said of hosts of other plant ap- pellations. The word "wistaria" has in it a sugges
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