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attains considerable size ; the branches, like those of the Ivy, 

 and Virginia Creeper, fasten themselves by the roots thrown 

 out. The leaves are pinnated, and the flowers, which are 

 borne in terminal clusters on the ends of the young shoots 

 about midsummer, are exceedingly showy. They are tubes 

 five or six inches long, shaped like a trumpet, opening at the 

 extremity, of a fine scarlet colour on the outside, and orange 

 within. The Trumpet Creeper is a native of Virginia, Car- 

 olina, and the states farther south, where it climbs up the 

 loftiest trees. It is a great favourite in the northern states as 

 a climbing plant, and very beautiful effects are sometimes 

 produced by planting it at the foot of a tall-stemmed tree, 

 which it will completely surround with a pillar of verdure, 

 and render very ornamental by its little shoots, studded with 

 noble blossoms. 



One of the most singular climbing shrubs or plants which 

 we cultivate, is the Pipe-vine, or Birthwort, {Aristolochia 

 sijjho.) It is a native of the Alleghany mountains, and 

 is one of the tallest of twining plants, growing on the 

 trees there to the height of 90 or 100 feet, though in gar- 

 dens it is often kept down to a frame of four or five feet 

 high. The leaves are of a noble size, being eight or nine 

 inches broad, and heart-shaped in outline. The flowers, 

 about an inch or a little more in length, are very singular. 

 They are dark yellow, spotted with brown, in shape like a 

 bent siphon-like tube, which opens at the extremity, the whole 

 flower resembling as close as possible, a very small Dutdi- 

 man^s pipe, whence the vine is frequently so called by the 

 country people. It flowers in the beginning of summer, and 

 the foliage, during the whole growing season, has a very rich 

 and luxuriant appearance. Aristolochia tomentosa is a 



