Archive image from page 578 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches cyclopediaofamer04bail4 Year: 1900 2745. wistaria Chinensis, (X about X.) 3. specidsa, Nutt. ( W. friitescens, Poir.). American Wistaria. Kidney Bean Tree. Not as vigorous as the Chinese Wistaria but climbing over trees and bushes to a length of
Archive image from page 578 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches cyclopediaofamer04bail4 Year: 1900 2745. wistaria Chinensis, (X about X.) 3. specidsa, Nutt. ( W. friitescens, Poir.). American Wistaria. Kidney Bean Tree. Not as vigorous as the Chinese Wistaria but climbing over trees and bushes to a length of 30—tO ft., with dark green foliage and short racemes of lilac - purple fls. borne about 3 weeks after W. Chinensis. Lfts. 9-15, glabrous and dark green above, pale and sometimes slightly pubes- cent beneath: racemes 2-7 in. long, about 14-fld.: fls. J<i-4 in. long: pods long, torulose, hardly coriaceous, with convex valves; seeds reniform, freely produced. June. Low grounds, Va. to Kans., south Fla. to La. 2103 (as GJycine fnitescens). 2:294,-Var. 41ba, Hort., has white flowers. Var. magnifica, Hort. {W. magnifica, Hort.), has racemes G-8 in. long and 50-CO-fld., with fls. 1 in. across. The fls. are lilac with a yellow spot, and borne earlier than the type. The clusters are larger and denser. A great improvement. 11:1151. 4. brachybdtrys, Sieb. & Zucc. Short - clustered Wistaria. -Japanese species, distinguished from all others by its low growth. It is said to attain only 3-5 ft-, and should therefore be particularly desirable for standards and bushy specimens. Lfts. 9-13, silky: ra- cemes about G in. long, about 25-fld.: fls. purple'. 1 in. across: pods tomentose. Late bloomer. Japan. 1:45. 9:880. —Vars. 41ba and rilbra, are ottered. y. alba has been used in trade for W. speeiosa, var. alba. W. Japonlca. JSieb, & Zucc. ,See Millettia.—W. nivea. Hort. .John Saul, was doubtless a white-lid. variety of some comiuou species. y J WITCH
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