. Studies of plant life in Canada, or, Gleanings from forest, lake and plain [microform]. Plants; Botany; Plantes; Botanique. I. I till 144 '/Xi: s//A'f /is. 'Iliis wukccl liulc plant is not without its attrartiuns to the eye ; it * in lici^h'. Ironi ahout one foot to two, but will climb when meeting with su|i|)orl to ten and fideen. I have seen it against a stone building, growing along with the N'irginian Creeper, uj) to the windows of a lofty second story building, no one having discovered the noxious intruder, though very different in foliage from the ('ree|)er. The leaves a
. Studies of plant life in Canada, or, Gleanings from forest, lake and plain [microform]. Plants; Botany; Plantes; Botanique. I. I till 144 '/Xi: s//A'f /is. 'Iliis wukccl liulc plant is not without its attrartiuns to the eye ; it * in lici^h'. Ironi ahout one foot to two, but will climb when meeting with su|i|)orl to ten and fideen. I have seen it against a stone building, growing along with the N'irginian Creeper, uj) to the windows of a lofty second story building, no one having discovered the noxious intruder, though very different in foliage from the ('ree|)er. The leaves are three-foliate, thin, of a dull palish green, smooth, but not glossy. The leallels are broad at the base, indented, hardly deep enough to be called lobed, in sonic instances only a little waved at the margins, pointed, thickened at the junction of the stem. One of the leallcts is generally larger and more lozenge-shaped than the other two, but ihcy vary a good deal in si/e and form. Some- times there is a winged lobe on the larger and outer one. 'Towards evening the leaves droop downwards, exposing less of the surface to the air and night dews The plant spreads by means of the roots, which send up shoots from beneath the surface; the stem of the plant is woody, thi;;keningat the joints of the leaf-stalks. 'I'he flowers appear near the tops of the shoots in little upright panicles ; they are of a pale greenish-white ; the berries ripen in .\ugust and are of a dead white, yellow, or dun-coloured. .\bout the time of the ripening of the berries the leaves begin to droop earthward and turn to beautiful tints of orange, varying to brilliant scarlet, which, with the white fruit, has a pretty effect. 'the Rhus contains a black dye which is indelible, and which no washing will remove. It is a pity that it cannot be utilized. Professor John Lindley says : â¢' An indelible black dye is produced by the juice extracted from the plant," and adds, " This appears to be a property
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