The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste . Fig. -American Bittersweet. Like the Bittersweet, its stems assist inthe support of decaying wood-work uponwhich it may cling (tig. 84), while thegreat beauty and abundance of its trum- Fig. 84.— Trumpet Floy?er. ture to which the eye turns in admirationof its splendor. For covering unsightlyfences, to shut from view some rude out-building, or trained upon the body of someold tree, there is no climber so easily pro-cured or grown, and few that possess moredesirable qualities. It is occasionally alittle tender while young, and in som
The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste . Fig. -American Bittersweet. Like the Bittersweet, its stems assist inthe support of decaying wood-work uponwhich it may cling (tig. 84), while thegreat beauty and abundance of its trum- Fig. 84.— Trumpet Floy?er. ture to which the eye turns in admirationof its splendor. For covering unsightlyfences, to shut from view some rude out-building, or trained upon the body of someold tree, there is no climber so easily pro-cured or grown, and few that possess moredesirable qualities. It is occasionally alittle tender while young, and in somenorthern locations it is well to cover, or insome way protect it for the first two win-ters. Contrasting strongly in habit, period,and color of flowers with the last-namedis the Wistaria (fig. 85), of which there areseveral varieties, the best among them beingthe Chine?isis, or Chinese Wistaria, Thisalso has a woody stem, and when once es-tablished grows freely in almost any is a very rapid grower, shoots frequently,making a growth of twenty to t
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