112 SANDUSKY FLORA. 



RHAMNACE/E. 



CEANOTHUS, L. Red-root. 



C. americanus, L. New Jersey Tea. 



Peninsula, Margeretta Ridge, Perkins, Oxford, 



east of Milan ; frequent. 

 C. ovatus, Desf. 



Peninsula; frequent. 



VITACE/E. 



VITIS, L. Grape. 



V. bicolor, LeConte. Blue or Winter Grape. 



Infrequent. A vine in Peter Mainzer's woods, 

 German Settlement, Perkins, is about 80 feet 

 high and measures 28 1 / 4 inches in circumference. 



V. cordifolia, Michx. Frost or Chicken Grape. 



Milan, Berlin, Vermillion ; rather frequent. John- 

 son's Island. 



V. hederacea, Ehrh. (ampelopsis quinquefolia, 



Michx.) Virginia Creeper. 



Common. 

 V. labrusca, L. Northern Fox Grape. 



Vermillion, Florence, Berlin, Milan, Oxford. 



Rather frequent in Florence. 



V. riparia, Michx. Riverside or Sweet scented Grape. 

 Common. Abundant on Cedar Point. Nearly all 

 the wild grape vines near Sandusky and on the 

 Islands and Peninsula are of this species. Wild 

 grapes formerly abounded on the Islands. Vine- 

 yards have for many years occupied half or more 

 of the cultivated ground of the Islands, — more 

 than half the entire area of Middle Bass and North 

 Bass. Of late they have been to some extent sup- 

 planted by peach orchards. The yield continues 

 good, — between six and nine million pounds an- 

 nually for Ottawa county, surpassed the last few 

 years by Lake and Cuyahoga counties, — but the 

 price has been low. 



