ADDISONTIA 21 
(Plate 171) 
ADLUMIA FUNGOSA 
Climbing Fumitory 
Native of the northern and eastern United States and Canada 
Family FUMARIACEAE FuMEwort Family 
Fumaria fungosa Ait. Hort. Kew. 3:1. 1789, 
Adlumia cirrhosa Raf. Med. Rep. IT. 5: 352. 
Adlumia fungosa Greene; B. S. P. Prel. Cat. N. 7. 3. 1888. 
Unlike the other members of the fumewort family this graceful, 
slender annual is a vine, whose nearest relatives are found in Asia. 
The genus was named for Major John Adlum, whose memoir on 
the ‘Cultivation of the vine in America, and the best mode of mak- 
ing wine” was published in 1823. It contains a list of the grapes 
grown in his vineyard near Georgetown, D. C., where he established 
an experimental farm and grew many of our American species. 
The preface to this little book and the following quotations on the 
title-page are well worth reading in these days of agricultural re- 
search and prohibition! 
““Wine is as good as life to man, if it be drunk moderately; what is 
life then to a man that is without wine? for it was made to 
make men glad. 
‘‘Wine measurably drank, and in season, bringeth gladness of the 
heart, and cheerfulness of the mind.” 
Ecclesiasticus, c. 31, v. 27, 28. 
The genus Adlumia is monotypic and with the exception of one 
of the Himalayan species of Bicuculla is the only climbing member 
of the family. This species is also called the ‘‘mountain fringe”’ 
and “Alleghany vine,’ names which indicate the character of its 
habitat and range; it shows a preference for moist, cool woodland 
borders in rocky situations, and the delicacy of its texture and 
continuous blooming would make it an attractive plant in culti- 
vation, whenever suitable conditions may be had. It grows readily 
from seed and comes up year after year in gardens where it has 
become established, preferring partial shade and moist soil among 
other plants, where it can climb. It is known to occur wild in 
New Brunswick, Ontario, and Michigan, and ranges southward 
along the Alleghanies to the mountains of North Carolina, having 
also been reported from Kansas, but is little known in cultivation, 
