BOSTON IVY 



But quinquefolia has, apparently, a difierent view; with one 

 arm clinging to a porch pillar or a perpendicular wall it waves 

 another out toward the world at large. Its^ tendrils sway with 

 every zephyr and nod with every breeze. It is the more pictu- 

 resque of the two as it clambers over the veranda or billows 

 along the fence, but each has 

 its own vital and all-sufl5cing 

 charm, so that one may be 

 happy with either. 



The autumnal tints are be- 

 witching and bewildering, a 

 confusion of rich scarlet and 

 crimson, changing somewhat 

 earlier than the Japanese Ivy. 



BOSTON IVY. JAPANESE IVY 



Ampeldpsis Veitchii. 



A hardy and useful climber, 

 clinging firmly and covering walls 

 densely; introduced from Japan. 



Stem— Climhing high by means ^°='™ ^^^- Ammtds vmcUi 



of short and disk-bearing tendrils. 



Leaves. — Three-lobed or three-foliate; coarsely and remotely dentate, 

 shining, glabrous on both sides. 



Flowers. — Perfect, greenish, small, borne in short-stalked racemes. 



Calyx. — Minute. 



Petals. — Five. 



Stamens. — Five. 



Ovary. — Globose; style short. 



Fruit. — One to four-seeded berry, dark -purple with a blue bloom; 

 size of pea. 



The Japanese Ivy was brought from Japan about fifty years 

 ago as a conservatory plant. It was soon discovered to be suffi- 

 ciently hardy to withstand the Boston cHmate, and to-day it sur- 

 passes all other vines for covering brick and stone walls. It 



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