866 VITIS. 



THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



VITIS. 



eluding 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. COrdifolia (Frost Grape}. A vigorous 

 Vine with thin, three-lobed leaves, measuring 

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

 long, fine point. The berries are black and 

 only eatable, after frost. A moisture-loving 

 Vine, affecting in a wild state the banks of 

 streams. New England to Nebraska and 

 southwards. 



are grown in the United States. It often 

 ascends high trees in its own country and may 

 be planted in ours with this end in view. New 

 England to Minnesota and southwards. 



V. Vulpina (Son (hern Fox Grape}. A 

 distinct Vine, the leaves are small (2 to 3 ins. 

 across) and rounded, smooth and shining on 

 both surfaces, bright green. Other American 

 Grape Vines worth growing, but possessing no 

 particular value beyond those already de- 

 scribed, are V. rnpestris^ arizojn'ca, and 

 cinerea (the downy Grape). 



V. quinquefolia ( Virginian Creeper}. 



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



V. ripaiia (Riverside Vine}. In this the 

 sweet, Mignonette-like perfume of the flowers 

 of many American Vines is in this species 

 especially apparent. The variety palmata has 

 the branchlets and frequently the petioles of a 

 red colour. Nova Scotia to Manitoba and 

 southwards. 



V. LabrilSCa (Northern Fox Grape}. Its 

 leaves are amongst the largest, both they and 

 the young branchlets being covered on the 

 under surface with a rusty-coloured or some- 

 times whitish down. In a wild state the fruit 

 has a musky flavour, but by cultivation it has 

 been much improved, and numerous varieties 



This is better known as Ampelopsis (juinqitc- 

 folia, its foliage changing in the fall of the 

 year to various shades of crimson, scarlet, and 

 purple. For covering arbours, walls, verandahs, 

 or old tree stumps there is no climber which 

 produces so luxuriant an effect in so short a 

 time. Several varieties are in cultivation, viz., 

 Major, incisa, hirsuta. 



V. muralis ( Wall Vine\k name current 

 in this country and on the Continent, whilst 

 the same plant is known in America as Vitis 

 Englemanni. It is a distinct form of the Vir- 

 ginian Creeper, possessing the same shaped 

 leaves and developing equally, or even more, 



