THE DRAPERY OF VINES 



what similar, though 

 more heart - shaped 

 leaf than the Con- 

 volvulus ; and loose 

 panicles of yellowish 

 green flowers quickly 

 followed by the three -angled 

 seeds, resembling the hulls of 

 Buckwheat. 



I have found the native Hop 

 living in Sunflower Lane in a 

 way that precludes the idea of its being a garden 

 escape. To watch the growth of this vine (for 

 the growth is almost visible), its manner of reach- 

 ing out for and clasping the support when once 

 it is secured, is to agree that, as a mental effort, 

 the study of the movements of vines is second 

 only to that of the fertilization of Orchids by 

 insects. Darwin testifies that a new shoot of Hops 

 rises straight from the ground, and after a while 



