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Vine. It is fully hardy, and thrives in 

 any good soil, but should not be overfed 

 with rich manure. 



V. VINIFERA (Common Grape V.). Of 

 the numerous varieties of the common 

 Grape Vine the following may be named 

 for use for walls or pergolas in gardens : 

 Purpurea. This is one of the deepest 

 purple-foliaged Vines we possess. Al- 

 though the colour becomes most intense 

 in autumn, the leaves have a bronzy- 

 purple tinge from the first. Var apiifolia 

 is the Parsley-leaved Vine. Its leaves are 

 very deeply-cut, frequently into several 

 leaflets, which are again deeply lobed. 

 Besides these there are the Miller's Grape, 

 with smallish leaves covered with white 

 down, and the " Teinturier " Grape, the 

 leaves of which are a beautiful claret 

 colour before they fall, and among the 

 large number of Vines grown in wine- 

 making countries there are many worth 

 growing for the beauty of their leaves. 



V. VULPINA (Southern Fox G.). A 

 distinct Vine, the leaves are small (2 to 

 3 inches across), rounded, smooth, shining 

 on both surfaces, and bright green. The 

 sweet Mignonette-like perfume of the 

 flowers of many American Vines is in this 

 species especially noticeable. The variety 

 palmata has the branchlets and frequently 

 the petioles red. Nova Scotia to Manitoba 

 and southwards. Syn., V. riparia. Other 

 American Grape Vines worth growing, 

 but possessing no particular value above 

 those already described, are V. rupestris 

 (the Sand Grape), arizonica, and cinerea 

 (the Downy Grape). W. J. B. 



WAHLENBERGIA (Tufted Hair- 

 bell}. A charming group of alpine 

 plants allied to the Hairbells, and 

 mostly inhabiting the mountains of 

 Dalmatia and Asia Minor. They are 

 useful, free-flowering, and hardy, form- 

 ing tufts with large heads of pretty, 

 bell-shaped, upright flowers, of various 

 shades of purple. The chief points 

 in their culture are full exposure, plenty 

 of sunshine, a free gritty soil, and a 

 raised position free from stagnant 

 moisture. All the species are true 

 perennials, easily cultivated, vigorous, 

 and free-flowering. They are difficult 

 to increase by division on account of 

 the long roots they make, but they 

 ripen seed freely, which if sown at 

 once rarely fails. Syn., Edraianthus. 



W. DALMATICA. Native of the moun- 

 tains of Dalmatia, is a tufted species with 

 narrow grass-like leaves, 2 to 4 inches in 

 length, and flower-stems at first drooping, 

 afterwards erect, 4 to 6 inches high, with 

 large flowers of a violet-blue colour, in 

 clusters which appear in July and August. 



W. GRACILIS. This is a variable species 

 from New Zealand, with square, hairy, 



much-branched stems, the leaves opposite, 

 narrow toothed, and hairy, the flowers 

 terminal, erect, but nodding while in bud, 

 blue, large, and attractive, flowering all 

 through the summer. 



W. GRAMINIFOLIA. The commonest and 

 easiest to manage, forming tufts of long 

 grass-like leaves, and bunches of large 

 purple flowers. It ripens seed freely, and 

 that scattered about in the rock garden 

 usually germinates readily. 



Claret-coloured Vine. 



W. HEDERACEA (Ivy-leaved Hairbell). 

 A native plant closely allied to Campanula. 

 It has creeping thread-like branches, 

 which bear small leaves and light blue 

 flowers. There is about it an interest and 

 grace not found in other more robust 

 members of the family, especially when it 

 is seen interlaced with the pink Bog Pim- 

 pernel on British bogs. Worthy of a place 

 for a moist spot in the rock or bog garden, 

 and easily increased by division. It is 

 abundant in Ireland and the south and 

 west of England. 



W. PUMILIO. Forms a dwarf tuft of 

 narrow, needle-like leaves of a bluish tint, 

 half an inch or more in length, and has 

 large flowers of a reddish-lilac or bluish 

 colour, bell-shaped, numerous, and borne 



