WHITE AND GREENISH WILD: FLOWERS 
slightly hairy. The long-stemmed leaf is three-parted 
and the flower has five petal-like parts. 
VIRGIN’S BOWER. TRAVELLER’S JOY. 
OLD MAN’S BEARD 
Clématis virginiana. Crowfoot family. 
If, perchance, we should be called upon to suggest a 
new name for this beautiful climbing vine, it is doubt- 
ful if one more appropriate or descriptive than the Wild 
Festoon, or perhaps the Wood Garland, could be 
applied. Trailing gracefully over old rail fences and 
stone walls, or clinging affectionately to twig or branch 
or wayside shrubbery, the Traveller’s Joy bids a wel- 
come return to the prodigal, and God-speed to the 
journeyman. The word travel really means to toil or 
labour, and it is quite possible that the name as it is 
applied to the Virgin’s Bower may have been Tra- 
vailer’s Joy from the plant’s habit of constant endeav- 
our to work its way, or éravail from point to point as it 
progressed. Accordingly it might have been a cheerful 
inspiration to labourers, or travellers, who also may 
have rejoiced in its shade. Virgin’s Bower is a name 
commonly applied to this vine, because of its habit of 
forming delightful shaded arches and fairy-like castles, 
wherein maidens would fain dwell. During the fall, 
when the seed clusters appear with long, curling, feath- 
ery, grayish plumes, their fancied resemblance to an 
Old Man’s Beard is sufficient reason for the popular 
application of this name. The Clematis is a very old 
favourite with country people, and many a stiff, chro: 
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