306 THE DRAPERY OF VINES 



where the plants and trees that have become way- 

 farers are protected by the owner of the border 

 land. Here is yearly a sort of gallery exhibition of 

 these hardy vines hung about and over a thicket 

 of tall Red Cedars, Bird Cherries, and Privet 

 bushes; and as all the flowers and fruit are held 

 high over a stony bank they are as sour grapes 

 to the passer-by, and remain undespoiled. In early 

 Summer the white flowers of Bird Cherry are con- 

 trasted with the coral tubes of Trumpet Honey- 

 suckle of smooth, twining stem, whose oblong 

 leaves, those underneath the flowers closing around 

 the stalk, are almost evergreen even in Connec- 

 ticut, after the fashion of its Chinese relatives, 

 which, having escaped from a near-by 

 garden, cover the opposite wall. 



The Virgin's Bower, rooted in moister 

 soil behind the fence, leans over to clasp 

 a prim bush of Privet, while Catbrier, set 

 like a barbed screen to keep out intrud- 

 ers, shows varnished 

 green leaves, clusters of 

 a dozen or so yellowish 

 flowers in June, and all 

 the rest of the year 

 berries that range from 



