540 GRAPE DISEASE. 
of Dr. Engelmann. It is gratifying to know, therefore, that the 
position given to such cultivated varieties as obtain in this herba- 
rium, agrees with that given to them by leading grape-growers— 
the views of the botanist and the practical man coinciding. 
- just like the seperge dap spins opsnenes on well grown shoots a regular alterna- 
tion of two leaves its equivalent, an inflo Orona oo 
to them, ith f ha ike Sales 
J. VITI ROOLIA Michanz — Usually et oe high, pirt bes rarely 6—9 
inches in diameter 1, heart-shaped, mostly en ly slightly 
trilobed, w aloy broad teeth, usually pin and pre on ith re eae 
ones so ah aes slightly downy below; berries among the smallest; in large bunches, 
black without a bloom, maturi rh late in the fall, usually with only one ges. and broad 
seed marked by a prominent raphe. n 
This is a common plant get ae! of the river-bottoms, and well known under the 
name of Winter grape, Frost grape or Chicken grape. It is found from New k 
to Texas, ne, igi! ard to the western limits of the wooded part of m bye a 
valley. In alle ey, at least, the fruit has a strongly- an tic taste, 
No ican eatiotion of the species are ki 
. VITIS RIPARIA Michaux— Mostly a ater plent than the last, but with larget ; 
and more or less cut-lobed glabrous shining (or rarely when Bhi Bese downy) 
leaves, the setn long and pointed; the teeth diS more pointed th in cordifolia; i 
berries as small, or usually larger than in the last, mostly vith s blot m, in smaller 
bunches, mostly 1 or 2 seeded; poss with a less AEUR nt pie oe 
This species rhea thickets or rocky soil on ks 
3 
is easi 
approaches more closely to this ‘ask das. ‘wie which Prof. Gray in th 
adi 
_ of his Manual has united it. The fruit ones Polen than that of xs is brought z 
5 ch pl npepe In 7 e a variety found on the galas “ this spè 
r of cultiv sted varieties - referable 
aon > 
ce ‘among a the yah Bullit, the Delaware and the Clinton, are 
ashes and 
TIS ASTIVALIS Michaux — Smaller than the first, climbing pee 
a 
never shining like the preceding ones; berries usually large 
when well grown, in compact aes coated with a Aetia bloom; 
2 or 3 with a very neni rap e and 
is the well known Summer igi common fronin middle 
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large leaves which retain their rusty down at full maturity b b shy than i 
rusca, Which does grow in our State. Anothe ie is Viti L n 
ing, with deeply lobed rusty-downy learen, and very sweet fruit, iS a peculiar “m 
of the sandy soil of Louisiana and Texas.: This species es witout poom ana 
approaching F. cordifolia through “a on black berries 
larger vances: when it gets into shady. woods with rich il. Son re a 
ashy-white, downy, scarcely lobed leaves, and fruit like the last me a pat : 
grows in our bottoms, often climbing high trees, or growing over te > 
of PE gat nee d by the name of cineria. Itisn p E 
guish such forms from the other species and perhaps less so to Un! 
