VIRGINIA CREEPER 



with a wealth of sturdy growth, and its autumnal 

 tints present a bewitching and bewildering confusion 

 of crimson and bronze. It should never be confused 

 with the Poison Ivies, for its compound leaf has always 

 five leaflets. 



The stem climbs by numerous tendrils, which some- 

 times merely coil, again are provided with adhering 

 expansions at the tips, and sometimes the stem pro- 

 vides itself with aerial roots. 



The dark blue berries are thin-fleshed and full of 

 seeds, are borne in abundance and eaten by birds. 



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