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A LITTLE BOOK OF PERENNIALS 



Adlumia — Mountain Fringe, Allegheny Vine, 

 Climbing Fumitory 



This dainty biennial vine, native as it is in our own country, is 

 little known. The leaves are fme^and resemble the fohage of a Maiden- 

 hair fern. These plants are related to the Bleeding Heart and Dutch- 

 man's Breechesj^and the^flowers, which are white or purphsh, are 



tubular and unmis- 

 takably resemble the 

 Bleeding Heart, al- 

 though they are tiny. 

 Adlumia fungosa 

 {cirrhosa) is the only 

 species cultivated. 



Uses. Where 

 gracefulness is wanted 

 in a vine, the Adlu- 

 mia supplies the need. 

 It is effectively plant- 

 ed at the base of an 

 evergreen tree upon 

 which it can climb. 

 The growth is so 

 slender and the foli- 

 age so light that there 

 is no danger that the 

 shade which it casts 

 will harm the tree in 

 any way. It merely 

 casts a veil of loveli- 

 ness over a portion of 

 the evergreen. It 

 may be used for trel- 

 Kses and arbors of 

 all sorts because it attains a height of 15 feet. 



Culture and Propagation. The seed is sown in early Spring. 

 Generally the plants remain low and bushy for the first year. The 

 second year they grow rapidly, produce an abundance of seed and then 

 die. Fortunately the seeds self-sow and when one has started the 

 Adlumias, they generally persist year after year from volunteer plants. 



The Allegheny Vine or Adlumia, a vine of extreme 

 grace. 



