VITI.S. 



ftdcs, with .ixillary ghiuiular tiifta to the veins beneath. 

 Cluftcro lax, nearly fmootli. — On the margins of rivers, and 

 in vFoods, from Canada to Florida, flowcrin;^ in June and 

 July. Berries preen or ambcr-coloiired, fmall, npcning 

 extremely late, of a very tart tafte. PurJIj. This is cer- 

 tainly tlie 'Dulpina of Linn;tus, and confequently of Willric- 

 now, thoujjh Piirfh cites the latter author under the fore- 

 going fpocies. The haves of the prefent have but a flight 

 indication of a lobe at each fide, and are more oblong and 

 pointed than either of the two laft ; being moreover quite 

 fmooth, from the earlicll period, except the little axillary 

 tufts of hair on the under fide. The footjlalks and branches 

 are fmooth. 



10. V.rlparia. Swcet-fcented Vine. Michaux Boreal. - 

 Amer. v. 2. 231. Purdi n. 4. (V. odoratiffima ; Doiin 

 Cant. ed. 5. 53. ) — " Leaves unequally and deeply toothed, 

 flightly three-lobed ; their margins, ribs, and footftalks, 

 do\vny." — On the gravelly Ihores and iflands of the rivers, 

 from Pennfylvania to Carolina, flowering from May to July. 

 Female plants are very feldom found north of the Potowmac 

 river, though the male extend very far beyond it. The 



jlonuers have an exquifitely fine fmell, fomcwhat refembhng 

 Refeda odorata. Purjlj. We have fecn the male plant in 

 bloffom in fome gardens, though not noticed by Mr. Aiton. 

 The fcent is not fuperior to th:;t of the common V^. vtnrfcra, 

 which likewife exaftly refcmbbs Mignonette. 



1 1 . V. rotundifoUa. Bull or Bullet Grape ; fometimes 

 called Mufcadine Grape. Michaux Boreal. -Amer. v. 2. 



231. l-'urlh n. 5. (V. vulpina; Sni. Inf. of Georg. v. i. 

 81. t. 41.) — "Leaves kidney-heartfliaped, fmooth and 

 (hiniiig, nearly equally toothed. Flowers in numerous little 

 heads." — On river fides, and iflands, from Virginia to 

 Florida, flowering in June and July. Berries very large, 

 dark blue, agreeable, commonly called Bull or Bullet- 

 grapes. Purjh. We have feen no fpccimen. Mr. Abbot, 

 in his drawing for the Infefts of Georgia, reprefents the 

 fruit full three-quarters of an inch in diameter, dark purple, 

 dotted, few in each cluilcr. Leaves fmaller, ihorter, more 

 ftrongly toothed than in the laft ; apparently quite fmooth. 



12. V . helerophylla. Various-leaved Vine. Thunb. Jap. 

 103. Willd. n. 7. — " Leaves Ample, naked, with three 

 or five deep ferrated lobes." — Found near Nagafaki, and on 

 Papci.bcrg, in Japan, flowering in July and Auguil. It is 

 there called Inu Ganclu, or Wild Vine. The y?fm is climb- 

 ing, fmooth, branched and knotty. Lowell leaves five- 

 lobcd ; uppcrmoft undivided ; all pale beneath, with rough 

 veins. Panicles forked. By the defcription of an annular 

 ntltary, this fecms to be a Cifus. 



13. W . hederacea. Five-ler.v?d Vine, or Virginian Creeper. 

 Ehrh. Beitr. v. 6. 85. Willd. n. 9. Ait. n. 6. (V. 

 quinquefolia ; Sm. Inf. of Georg. v. i. 59. t. 30, reverfed. 

 Hedera quinquefolia ; Linn. Sp. PI. 292. Edera quinque- 

 folia canadenCs ; Cornut. Caiiad. 99. t. lOO. Ampelopfis 

 quinquefolia; Michaux Boresl.-Amer. v. i. 160. Cifl'us 

 hederacca; Purlh 170.) — Leaflets five, ovate, pointed, fer- 

 rated, fmooth. Cluftcrs zigzag, corymbofe On the Al- 

 legany mountains ; from Pennfylvania to Virginia, flowering 

 in June and July. Well known in England, where it has 

 long been cultivated, as an ornamental climber, for covering 

 lofty buildings. It flouriihes even in tlif ilofe courts, and 

 peftifcrous cemeteries, of the city of London. In autumn, 

 the leaves, before they fall, affume fplendid tints of red and 

 orange. The tendrils attach thcmfelves to the furface of the 

 fmoothcft flint. The leaves are bright green, fmooth and 

 fhining, cf five ftalked leafets, about two inches long. 

 Common fonijlnlis three incites in length. Patiicles lateral 

 and terminr.l, many-flovvercd, divaricated, fmooth. Flowers 



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umbellate, grecii, dcllitute of a iieBary ; their pelah con- 

 cave, cohering at the fummit, and feparating from the bafe, 

 exactly as in a true Fitis, fo that wc cannot but wonder at 

 the confufion of recent authors rcfpetting the genus of tlii» 

 plant, even more than.at Linnxus for referring it to Hedera. 

 The berries are blueifli-black, lefs than a common pea. 

 Purfh mentions a variety named hirfuta, whofe leaves are 

 downy on both fides, which he thinks may be fpccifically 

 dillinft. But he had never feen the Jlowers, nor are we 

 further informed on the fubjcft. 



14. V. arborea. Pepper Vine. Linn. Sp. PI. 294. 

 Willd. n. 12. Ait. n. 7. ("V. carohniana, foliis apii, 

 uva corymbofa purpurafcentc ; Comment. Bonon. v. a. 

 part 2. 365-. t. 3." Ampelopfis bipinnata ; Michaux 

 Boreah-Amcr. v. i. 160. Cifl'us flans ; Purfli n. 3. Fru- 

 tex fcandens, petrofelini foliis, virginianus; Pluk. Mant. 85. 

 t. 412. f. 2.) — Leaves twice or thrice compound ; leaflets 

 ovate, partly wedge-fhaped, cut — In fliady woods, by 

 river fides, in Virginia and Carolina, flowering in June and 

 July. Stem upright. Puiji. The leeificts are about an 

 inch long, more or lefs acute, ftalked, fomcwhat hairy, 

 efpecially the veins, which are furnifhed with axillary glands 

 beneath. Tendrils branched. Chijlers lateral, corymbofe, 

 fomcwhat forked. Plukenet fays this was firft raifcd from 

 feed in England, by Mr. Samuel Reynardfon, an eminent 

 merchant of London, at his villa at HiUingdon, before the 

 year 1700. His houfe and garden flill remain, and we have 

 there often admired the largeft Cedar of Lebanon in Eng- 

 land, blown down about the year 1794. 



V. hcptaphylla, Linn. Mant. 212, proves by the fpecimcn 

 to be very nearly, if not quite, the fame as Aralia Scioda- 

 phyllum, Willd. Sp. PI. v.'i. 1519, nor is there any ap- 

 pearance of its being an Eafl. Indian plant. 



The late Mr. Donn has a V. lucida, Hort. Cant. ed. 5. 

 53, a New Holland fhrub, introduced in 1790, of which we 

 find no other mention. 



ViTis, in Gardening, contains plants of the deciduous 

 climbing kind ; among which the fpecies cultivated are, the 

 common vine, or grape vine (V. vinifera); the Indian vine 

 (V. indica) ; the parfley-leaved vine (V. laciniofa) ; and tlie 

 tree or pepper vine (V. arborea). 



The fird fort has a weak brown-coloured ftem, and is a 

 native of molt of the temperate parts of the world. In 

 very cold regions it refufes to grow ; and within 25° or 

 even 30° of the equinoftial line, it feldom flouriflics fo as to 

 produce good fruit. In the northern hemifphcrc, the 

 proper wine country is from 25" to 51° of latitude; and, 

 according to Forfyth, the following are the varieties which 

 are in moft cftcem in this climate for the hot-houfe, vinery, 

 and the natural wall. 



Sorts proper for the Hot-houfe. 



The white mufcat of Alexandria, or Alexandrian Fron- 

 tinac, in which the berries are oval, and the bunches long. 

 It has a rich vinous juice, and is eftecmcd an exceeding good 

 grape for the hot-houfe. 



The red mufcat of Alexandria, which refembles the 

 former, only the berries arc of a red colour. 



The black mufcadel, which has large oval berries of a 

 black colour and picafant juice. 



The red mufcade), which has large red berries of an oval 

 fliape, and ript-ns late. The bunclics are very largo. 



The black Damafcus, which has large, round, black- 

 coloured berries ; the flefh is rich and well-flavoured. It is 

 an excellent late grape. 



The black grape from Tripoli, which haj large black 

 berries, and is an excellent gnipe. 



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