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Akebta quinata, a singular Japanese climbing 

 shrub, with fine foliage, purple flowers, and 

 ornamental fruit ; the large-leaved native climb- 

 ing staff-tree (Celastrus scandens), with yellow 

 flowers and clusters of orange-capsuled fruit ; 

 the moonseed (Menispermum Canadense), a na- 

 tive, twining, slender-branched shrub, bearing 

 small yellow flowers and black berries ; the silk- 

 vine {Pertploca Grcecd), a handsome, fast-grow- 

 ing European climber, with glossy foliage and 

 purple-brown axillary clusters of flowers. The 

 native wild bean (Apios tuberosa) is a small- 

 growing vine, with racemes of reddish-brown, 

 fragrant flowers, recalling the perfume of vio- 

 lets, which is best left to twine around the royal 

 fern, with which it is almost always found in 

 company. 



