184 THE VINES OF NORTH CAROLINA. 



" about the year 1774, the Rev. Charles Pettigrew 

 found it on the low grounds of Scuppernong River, 

 and planted out several vines." My limited space 

 will not permit an exhaustive discussion of this mat- 

 ter here, and I will, therefore, only remark further 

 upon it, that the notion of its origination on Roanoke 

 Island seems opposed by the name of the Grape. I 

 have also been told by those who have been on the 

 Island, that there are no vines of it there which were 

 not evidently transplanted there. 



4. Frost Grape. Winter Grape. (V. cordi- 

 folia, Michx.) — Common in thickets along streams 

 through the Middle District. The leaves are 3 to 5 

 inches broad, thin, smooth, toothed, and sometimes 

 cut into three segments. The berries are nearly 

 black, small, I inch thick, and very sour until dead 

 ripe. The berries are sometimes greenish-white, and 

 Lawson mentions a white [whitish?] variety. I 

 have not heard of this being cultivated. 



5. (V. bipinnata, Torr. & Gr.) — This would not 

 generally be taken for a member of this genus, either 

 from its leaves, which are compound, like those of 

 the China Tree, or from its fruit, which is uneatable. 

 The berries are blackish, slightly hairy, and about 

 the size of a small pea. It is found in the Lower 

 and Middle Districts, growing in rich soils, climbing 

 (without tendrils) over shrubs and small trees. 



Virginian Creeper. (Ampelopsis quinquefolia, 

 Michx.) — This pretty vine, sometimes cultivated, is 

 found along fence-rows and borders of woods in all 



