HARPER'S GUIDE TO WILD FLOWERS 



Summer Grape. Pigeon Grape 



V. aestivalis. — Leaves, deeply and obtusely 3 to 5-lobed, softly 

 downy with rusty wool when young, broadly toothed, on short 

 petioles. Fruit, a pleasantly flavored, small berry, ripe in Sep- 

 tember. Flowers in May and June. 



This species may at once be known by the omission of the 

 tendril opposite every third leaf. Thickets, from New Hamp- 

 shire to Florida and westward to Kansas and Texas. 



Frost Grape 



V, cordifolia. — Leaves, deeply heart-shape at base, shiny, en- 

 tire or sometimes 3-lobed, sharply and deeply toothed. 3 to 4 

 inches across, with long petioles. Tendrils, forked, not regularly 

 placed. Trunk grows to a large size, often 1 foot in diameter. 

 Fruit, a small, black, 1 to 2 -seeded berry, ripening late in 

 autumn, after frost. Panicle rather long and full. May and June. 



Damp thickets and along streams, from Xew England to 

 Florida, westward to Nebraska. 



River-bank or Sweet-scented Grape 



V. vulptna. — Leaves, 3 to 7-lobed, the lobes sharp-pointed, teeth 

 irregular, large and small, with toothed and persistent stipules. 

 Panicle of flowers and fruit more compact than the last. Berries, 

 blue, covered with a bloom, acid even when quite ripe, juicy. A 

 touch of frost sweetens this grape. 



River-banks and wet thickets. Maryland. West Virginia, 

 northward. 



Muscadine. Southern Fox Grape. Bullace 



V. rotundifblia. — Leaves, shiny on both sides, rather small, not 

 lobed, roundish in outline, widely and deeply toothed, 2 to 3 

 inches across. Bark, not loose and torn. Tendrils, not forked. 

 Panicles of flowers, small, thickly flowered. Fruit, with thick, 

 tough skin, large, round, black, without a bloom, musky in taste, 

 ripening early in autumn. Blossoms in May. 



The Scuppernong grape is derived from this species. River- 

 banks, in moist, sandy soil. Maryland to Florida and west- 

 ward. 



VINES AND SHRUBS WITH WHITE BLOSSOMS 



Virgin's Bower 



Clematis virginiana. — Family, Crowfoot. Color, white. Leaves, 

 opposite, divided, generally, into 3 leaflets, each deeply serrate, 



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