68 TREES AND SHRUBS 



autumn. Vitis Coignetice is one of the noblest of all 

 Vines, and turns crimson also. Other Vines useful 

 in this respect are the Teinturier Vine, purple ; 

 V. Romaneti, red ; and the Virginian Creeper, espe- 

 cially that variety known as muralis or Engelmannii, 

 which clings to walls or tree trunks without any 

 artificial support, and acquires beautiful red shades 

 in autumn. Among Honeysuckles, Lonicera japonica 

 var. flexuosa is noteworthy for the fine red purple of 

 its decaying leaves. 



