VITIS. 



THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



VITIS. 



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November. Among its many forms is 

 major, with much larger dark green 

 leaves, either simple or three-lobed. The 

 early leaves and shoots are a pretty pale 

 crimson, and before falling in autumn the 

 foliage turns purple and blood-red. 



V. HENRYANA. Discovered in China by 

 Dr Henry, and one of the most beautiful of 

 Vines. The deep green leaves are cut 

 into five leaflets, threaded by silvery ribs 

 and veins, the effect being particularly 

 rich in autumn when they turn a deep 

 crimson - purple. Though^ less vigorous 



V. INCONSTANS. As with so many of 

 the Vines, this shows great variety in the 

 shape of the leaves, and this tendency 

 shows itself also in the colours put on in 

 autumn. In the best forms the leaves 

 assume rich tints of purplish- red and 

 crimson. There is also a form with foliage 

 a bronzy hue more or less throughout the 

 season, but especially when young. Cut- 

 tings. Japan. Syns., Ampelopsis Veitchi 

 and A . tricuspidata. 



V. LABRUSCA (Northern Fox G.). Its 

 leaves are amongst the largest, they 



Vine growing on a gazeebo. From a photograph by Miss Willmott. 



than most wild Vines, it is one of the most 

 graceful and distinct of the group, and its 

 stems cling to the wall without nailing. 



V. HETEROPHYLLA (Hop-leaved V.). A 



variety of this, known as humulifolia, is 

 the most beautiful of the forms of this 

 species, and in autumn bears pretty 

 turquoise - blue berries. It requires in 

 most places a position on a wall in order 

 to induce it to fruit with freedom, and 

 succeeds better in dry, poor soil. A varie- 

 gated form is pretty, the foliage being 

 mottled with white or faint pink. A shel- 

 tered sunny position is necessary to bring 

 it to perfection. China, Japan, and Corea. 



and the young branchlets being covered 

 on the under surface with a rusty-coloured 

 or sometimes whitish down. In a wild 

 state the fruit has a musky flavour, but 

 by cultivation it has been much improved, 

 and numerous varieties are grown in the 

 United States. It often ascends high 

 trees in its own country, and may be 

 planted in ours with this end in view. 

 New England to Minnesota and south- 

 wards. 



V. MEGAPHYLLA. A remarkable Chinese 

 Vine with large cleft leaves, more like a 

 shrubby Aralia than a Vine. They are 

 cut into many widely - spread leaflets, 



