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the trunk to allow rain and light to reach 

 them, and with good rich soil to start in. 

 Most kinds can be increased by cuttings 

 or by single " eyes " treated as in the 

 Grape Vine, though some can only be 

 raised by seeds. Those that refuse to root 

 from cuttings can sometimes be layered. 

 Graftings should be a last resource. 



In the following list Ampelopsis and 

 Cissus are merged in Vitis. 



V. sestivalis (Summer Grape}. The 

 leaves are 4 to 6 ins. across, of a deep green 



turning dark purple with crimson veins and 

 suffusion in autumn. 



V. califbrnica (Californian Vine}. This 

 is the best of the American Grape Vines (ex- 

 cluding the Ampelopsis section) for colour in 

 autumn, and it is one of the strongest growers, 

 climbing over lofty trees. Its leaves, which 

 turn a deep crimson in autumn, are rounded 

 and covered with down. 



V. Coignetiae ( Crimson Glory Vine). This 

 is a noble hardy Vine from the mountain forests 

 of the Island of Yezzo, North Japan, where it 

 covers the trees from base to summit with a 



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



colour when old, but in a young state covered 

 on the lower surface with a reddish down. 

 The berries are small about the size of Black 

 Currants acid but edible. New England to 

 Florida and westwards. 



V. armata, a noble Vine from Central 

 China, with large heart-shaped or nearly 

 triangular bronze-green leaves set upon spiny 

 stems, by means of which the plant climbs. In 

 autumn the foliage assumes fine tints of crimson- 

 purple and yellow, and it reaches a height of 

 10 or more feet in three years from the seed. 

 A form of this, Veitchii, has even larger leaves, 

 measuring 10 ins. by 8, of a bronze-green 



gorgeous mantle in autumn. It comes near 

 V. Labrusca in general appearance but is more 

 vigorous, growing at a great pace when fairly 

 established, and displaying a profusion of 

 leathery dark-green leaves with several lobe- 

 like points, and coated beneath with a thick 

 felt-like down which varies in colour from 

 rusty-brown to yellow or nearly white. Their 

 autumn tinting is beautiful, especially in a dry 

 season and when the plant is not overfed. 

 Increase by seed or layers. 



V. COrdifolia (Frost Grape}. A vigorous 

 Vine with thin, three-lobed leaves, measuring 

 3 to 6 ins. in diameter, the lobes ending in a 



