Figure 11. (a) Wild clematis, climbing over a growth of willows. Its silky white appearance is due 



to the long and much-branched appendages borne by the seed. 

 (b) Wild sumach, showing its characteristic habit of growth. 



Figure 11-b. Its foliage is dark green until autumn, when it turns to a bright 

 red and is very showy. 



The elder, which is quite common, produces large cymes of white flowers 

 in midsummer and matures its fruit in the fall. The fruit is edible. 



Mock orange is a medium-sized shrub, irregular in shape. It produces an 

 abundance of fragrant white flowers in early spring. 



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