WISTARIA, a genus of climbing shrubs of the family Le guminosae, inhabiting China, Japan and eastern North America. The garden wistarias are mostly TV. chinensis, of China, and W. floribunda, of Japan. Their violet-blue flowers, borne in long racemes are very effective floral decorations against a house-wall or on trellis-work. The silky wistaria (W. venusta), with vel
vety leaves and very large white flowers, is a native of China. The North American species, W. frutescens, found in the Southern States, has lilac-purple, very fragrant flowers.