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NATURAL HISTORY OF Till-: FARM 



{Cclastrus scajidots) is i)crha]3S the tallest of these, and has 

 the bes-.t de\'elopinent of woody stems. It grows on dry 

 wooded hills. The nioonseed {Mcnispcrmwn canadcnse) 

 is a half-woody twiner that overruns the bushes in moist 

 lowland ihiekets. It is one of the best of vines for shady 



Fk;. 122. Bittersweet, with fruit unopened. 



places, and it has bcautifvil foliage. The large scalloped 

 lca\-es overla]) one another front the to]) to the ground like the 

 slates on a roof. There are herbaceous twiners on the taller 

 bushes also, like the bindweeds and the h()i)S. And the 

 balsam-apple {Fxhinocystis lohata) clinibs by neat tendrils of 

 singular efiiciency. And virgin's-bower {Clematis virginiana) 

 and other species of Clematis, climb by twisting the stalks 

 of leaf and leaflet about stems for support. 



