THE DRAPERY OF VINES 



Rue and the deeply cleft foliage of 

 its cousin, Dutchman's Breeches, 

 fall in relief against a dark back- 

 ground and support the violet -white, 

 dangling blossoms whose shape faintly 

 suggests those of the Bleeding Heart 

 of old gardens. 



The Balsam Apple, in a wild state, 

 is a true vine of waterways, following 

 them as closely as does the River Grape, 

 though in cultivation it seems resigned 

 to any rather moist, rich soil. 

 When in July it puts forth its 

 flower-clusters, which are of two 

 kinds, the one bearing the seed 

 being small and inconspicuous, 

 the other a long, feathery wand 

 of dull white six -cleft flowers, it 

 is decorative in the ex- 

 treme and fairly overflows 

 herbs and shrubs with a 

 foam -topped tidal wave of 

 bloom. It also makes 

 effective use of its three -fingered tendrils, 

 and adds a silvery tint of green to the 

 landscape by its somewhat star - shaped 



