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it eventually reaches the light, even if the dis- 
tance be one hundred feet. The berries are 
numerous and small; the foliage is woolly under- 
neath, and, when it turns in the fall, makes a 
grand display. Another excellent variety is the 
fox, or skunk grape (V. Labrusca). This variety 
is likewise a tall grower and also will exceed one 
hundred feet. The berries, which are a rich, 
amber colour, are larger than in the former va- 
riety, but not so numerous. There are a great 
many varieties of the wild grape which make 
attractive decorative vines. They are all very 
hardy, require no attention other than planting, 
and are all good plants for autumn colour effects. 
For a quick effect, such as a screen, or in cover- 
ing buildings where speed is the principal con- 
sideration, few vines can approach the Kudzu 
(Pueraria Thunbergiana). This vine will cover 
a building fifty feet high in two years, and, after 
it is once established, will grow as much as sixty 
feet in a single season. It is generally classed as 
an herbaceous perennial, killing to the ground each 
winter in the latitude of New York, but that 
is erroneous. On the south shore of Long Island 
with a southern exposure and absolutely no 
protection, it stood the heavy winter of 1903-04. 
Every spring it sends out good, strong shoots 
