VINES AND SHRUBS 



stead. By twining too tightly around the bark th< 

 additional injury. C. Gronovii varies considerably in 



of blossom and coarseness of stem. It is a curious bul 

 pulsive plant. Pn >m Canada southward l<j Florida and T. 



(Sec illustration, p, 434.) 



C. Coryli bears small flowers, few scales, and is par 

 hazel and other shrubs or coarse herbs. 



Southern New England to Nebraska. 



C. arvensis has pale yellow steins with large, deeply frill 

 scales. 



Dry soil from New York and Florida and across the 

 continent. 



In that singular book by Dr. Erasmus Darwin, Loves of the 

 Plants (published in 1 7 «> 1 ), he says of the cuscutas: 



"With sly approach they spread their dangerous charms, 



And round their victims wind tluir wiry arms: 



So by Scamander, when- I. stood, 



Where Troy's proud turrets glittered in the VTOOd, 



******* 

 Two serpent forms, ineumbent on the main, 



******* 



Ring above ring, in many a tangled fold, 



Close and more close their writhing limits surround.*' 



Trumpet Creeper. Trumpet-flower 

 Tecoma. radicans. — Family, Bignonia. Color, orange and red. 

 Leaves, pinnate, the leaflets numbering <» to ti, one odd, terminal, 

 in shape ovate, acute at apex, toothed. Corolla, trumpet-shape, 

 Large, 5-lobed. Calyx, 5 -toothed. Stamens, 4. Flowers, clustered. 

 July and August . 



This plant, which is a troublesome weed in Ohio and other 

 Western States, is cultivated with us. The corolla is large. 

 trumpet-shape, flame-colored. Stems, strong, woody. The 

 plant climbs by little n m >tlets springing from the stem, and so 

 vigorously as to suffocate grape vines or whatever weaker 

 plant lies in its way. Once established, it is very difficult to 

 extirpate. The Hitting hummingdnrd may occasionally be 

 seen nesting among the branches and sipping nectar from 



the bright, trumpet - shaped blossoms. New Jersey to 



Florida and westward. 



