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for verandas and on trellises against a wall with a southern 

 exposure. The small-flowering forms may be used in shrub- 

 beries where they must be allowed to grow freely. They 

 grow best in a rich and moist ground in sunn) 7 positions. 



THE BARBERRY FAMILY. 



Akebia, AJcebia quinata. — A slender vine or twining 

 shrub, with pretty, palmately divided leaves consisting of 

 five oblong leaflets. The flowers are brownish, inconspicu- 

 ous, but sweet-scented, and the fruit which bursts open on 

 ripening is bright-colored and attractive. The akebia is 

 very attractive on rocky banks and also in small rockeries. 



THE MOONSEED FAMILY. 



Moonseed, Menispermum Ganadense. — A climbing shrub 

 with peltate leaves and numerous yellow flowers in pendu- 

 lous racemes or panicles. Moist ground in woods and 

 thickets ; flowers late in summer. Grown chiefly for the 

 sake of its handsome foliage. 



THE FUMITORY FAMILY. 



Mountain Fringe, AJlumia cirrhosa. — A delicate and 

 beautiful biennial climber, growing freely from seeds when 

 once established. Leaves twice or thrice pinnate with ten- 

 dril-like petioles. Flowers delicate, flesh-colored, in ample, 

 leafy panicles throughout the summer. For naturalizing in 

 shady shrubberies or in hedges where it will grow up 

 annually. 



