. The natural history of the farm; a guide to the practical study of the sources of our living in wild nature. Natural history. THE VINES OF THE FARM 289. Fig. 123. An herbaceous dimber—climbing buckwheat. Of low-growing vines there is endless variety. They twine, they climb, they sprawl. A few of the finer flowering sorts, such as climbing roses and honeysuckles and apios, have aheady been mentioned. Many of the lesser ones have charming foliage. No gems glisten more brightly than do the pendent fruits of the nightshade-bittersweet (fig. 124). Nothing in the world is more beautiful than the d
. The natural history of the farm; a guide to the practical study of the sources of our living in wild nature. Natural history. THE VINES OF THE FARM 289. Fig. 123. An herbaceous dimber—climbing buckwheat. Of low-growing vines there is endless variety. They twine, they climb, they sprawl. A few of the finer flowering sorts, such as climbing roses and honeysuckles and apios, have aheady been mentioned. Many of the lesser ones have charming foliage. No gems glisten more brightly than do the pendent fruits of the nightshade-bittersweet (fig. 124). Nothing in the world is more beautiful than the dehcate tracery of these low-climbing things, commingling with and garlanding the bushes. Precious to the gardener are the vines, most slender and fragile of nature's "lace-workers of the woods and brake". With them he may quickly cover the unsightly shed or fence with roods of blossonaing verdure. He may overspread the bare walls left by the builder with a mantle of varied green and brown wrought in ex- quisite design. He may throw a fihny mantle of life over the top of mutilated shrubbery. Nature sets him splendid models in every thicket and by every brookside. Fig. 124. The climbing Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Needham, James G. (James George), 1868-1956. Ithaca, N. Y. , The Comstock Publishing Company
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