CHAP. XXVI. VITA CER. VITIs. 479 
4&2. V. Lasrv’sca L. The wild Vine, or Fox Grape. 
Identification. Lin. Spec., 293. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 634.; Don’s Mill, 1. p. 711 
Synonymes. V. taurina Wait. ; filziger Wein., Ger. 
Engravings. Plum. Icon.,, t. 259. fig. 1. ; Jacq. Scheen., t. 426.; and our fig. 141. 
Spec. Char., §c. Sexes dicecious or polygamous. 
Leaves heart-shaped, rather 3-lobed, acutely toothed 
beneath, and the peduncles tomentose and rather 
rusty. (Dec. Prod.,i. p.634.) A tendriled climber, 
growing to about the same height as the common 
vine, but with much larger leaves (which are scarcely 
lobed, and clowny, especially when young), and 
berries which are large and black, with a rough 
acid flavour, but are, nevertheless, eatable in a wild 
state, and much improved by cultivation. The 
whole plant has a disagreeable foxy smell, whence 
the name. “ The fruit is, according to Professor = Pia 
Bigelow, large, purple, and pleasantly tasted; while Torrey remarks that 
it has a strong disagreeable flavour in a wild state, but that, when cultivated, 
it is as pleasant as any of the varieties of V. vinifera.” (Hook. Flor. 
Bor. Amer., p.115.) There are two varieties growing in the vineyards 
of North America; one with white berries, and the other with red ones. 
From both of the varieties, and from the species, an excellent wine is made; 
which, when kept for five or six years, resembles Moselle. In America, 
the varieties have been much improved by culture; and, according to 
Rafinesque (Med. F1., i. p. 121.), greatly increased in number by culture, 
with a view to the production of wine. In Britain, the plant can only be 
considered as ornamental ; and, from the largeness of its foliage and fruit, 
it forms a very distinct species of Vitis. A plant of the red-fruited va- 
riety, in the garden of the London Horticultural Society, placed against a 
wall with a west aspect, ripens fruit every year, which we have tasted, and 
found by no means disagreeable. We have also had some bottles of the 
wine sent us from America, which was not inferior to the weaker sorts of 
Rhenish wines. Possibly this plant might deserve cultivation on the Con- 
tinent, with a view to the mixing of tbe fruit with that of the varieties of 
the grape vine, in making wine; since austere varieties of apple and pear, 
mixed with sugary varieties, are found to make the best kinds of cider and 
perry. Plants of this species, in the London nurseries, are Is. 6d. each ; 
at Bollwyller, 1 franc; and at New York, the species and its varieties are 
374 cents each. 
43. V. wstiva‘tis Michr. The Summer Vine, or Grape Vine. 
Identification. Michx. F1. Bor. Amer., 2. p. 230. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 634. ; Don’s Mill., 1. p. 711. 
Se. V. Labrasca Walt. Fi. Car., 242.; V. vulpina JWilld. Spec., p. 118).; and E. of Pl., 
0. 2860. 
Engravings. Jac. Hort. Schen., t. 425.; E. of Pl., 2850.; and our jig. 142. 
Spec. Char., &c. Sexes dicecious, or polygamous. J eaves 142 
broadly heart-shaped, with from 3 to 5 lobes; the under 
surface of the young ones invested with acottony down ; 
of the adult ones, smooth. Racemes fertile, oblong. Ber- 
ries small. (Dec. Prod.,i. p. 634.) A native of North 
America, and abounding there in woods and wastes, from 
Virginia to Carolina, The berries are small, of a dark blue 
colour, finely covered with bloom, not disagreeable to the 
taste, and made into a very tolerable wine by the inhabi- 
tants. It was introduced into England in 1656, but is not 
very common in collections. 
& 4. V.sinua'ta G. Don. The scallop-/eaved Vine, or Summer Grape Vine. 
Identification. Don’s Mill., 1. p. 711. 
Synonymes. V. wstivalis var. sinuata Ph, Flor. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 169. ; Dec. Prod., 1. 634. “ Proba- 
bly the V. dabruscéldes of Muhl. Cat., 27.” (G. Don.) 
Spec. Char., &c. Sexes dicecious or polygamous. Leaves sinuately palmate, coarsely toothed, with 
rhomboid recesses ; a ones covered beneath with cobwebby ye down ; adult ones smooth. 
(Don’s Miil., i. p. 711.) Found in woods from Virginia to Carolina, along with the two preceding 
ecies, of the last of which, notwithstanding Mr. G. Don’s opinion, we think this only a variety. 
e berries are dark blue, agreeable to eat, and avery good wine is made from them. Introduced 
into England in 1656, but not much cultivated. vs 
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