TREES AND SHRUBS 



Distinguished from Celastrinese and Rhamneae chiefly by their climbing 

 habit, and the stamens being more decidedly hypogynous. 



VIRGINIAN CREEPER, litis guinguefolia. 



The genus Jit is contains many species of Vines, over forty of which are given 

 in the Kew Hand-list. 



Walls. June. This is a luxuriant and rapid-growing creeper, climbing by 

 means of tendrils, but requiring a support. It is useful for covering walls, 

 arbours, verandahs, old stumps, &c. It has a most striking appearance in 

 autumn, when its foliage turns to brilliant shades of crimson and scarlet. It is 

 propagated by cuttings of firm shoots 6 ins. long inserted in pots of sandy soil 

 in a cold frame or greenhouse in September. 



Flowers greenish-purple, fertilised by bees ; Inflorescence a corymbose 

 raceme ; peduncles and pedicels red ; Calyx minute, slightly 4-5-toothed ; 

 Petals 4-5, concave, thick, expanding before they fall ; disk none ; Stamens 4-5, 

 opposite petals, anthers versatile ; Ovary superior, 2-celled. Fruit a small 

 drupe, blue-black, 2-3-seeded. 



Leaves compound, palmate, 3-5 oblong leaflets, 2-6 ins. long, acute or 

 acuminate, mucronately toothed, glabrous on both surfaces ; brilliant scarlet and 

 crimson in autumn. 



A deciduous climber, 30-60 ft. ; Branches furnished with tendrils, whose apices 

 expand into sucker-like disks. 



Introduced from N. America, 1629. Sometimes called American Ivy. 

 Synonymous with Ampelopsis quinqucfolia and A. hederacea. Generic name 

 ampelopsis, from Gk. ampelos, a vine, and opsis, resemblance. 



GRAPE VINE, Vitis vinifera. 



Walls, fences. June. This well-known tendril-bearing woody climber is 



useful for covering walls or pillars. The leaves are handsomely tinted in 



autumn, and the fruit is edible. Many varieties are grown. Outdoor Vines are 



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