. Our garden flowers; a popular study of their native lands, their life histories, and their structural affiliations. Flowers. BOSTON IVY But quinquefolia has, apparently, a difierent view; with one arm clinging to a porch pillar or a perpendicular wall it waves another out toward the world at large. Its^ tendrils sway with every zephyr and nod with every breeze. It is the more pictu- resque of the two as it clambers over the veranda or billows along the fence, but each has its own vital and all-sufl5cing charm, so that one may be happy with either. The autumnal tints are be- witching and bewi
. Our garden flowers; a popular study of their native lands, their life histories, and their structural affiliations. Flowers. BOSTON IVY But quinquefolia has, apparently, a difierent view; with one arm clinging to a porch pillar or a perpendicular wall it waves another out toward the world at large. Its^ tendrils sway with every zephyr and nod with every breeze. It is the more pictu- resque of the two as it clambers over the veranda or billows along the fence, but each has its own vital and all-sufl5cing charm, so that one may be happy with either. The autumnal tints are be- witching and bewildering, a confusion of rich scarlet and crimson, changing somewhat earlier than the Japanese Ivy. BOSTON IVY. JAPANESE IVY Ampeldpsis Veitchii. A hardy and useful climber, clinging firmly and covering walls densely; introduced from Japan. Stem—Climhing high by means ^°='™ ^^^- Ammtds vmcUi of short and disk-bearing tendrils. Leaves.—Three-lobed or three-foliate; coarsely and remotely dentate, shining, glabrous on both sides. Flowers.—Perfect, greenish, small, borne in short-stalked racemes. Calyx.—Minute. Petals.—Five. Stamens.—Five. Ovary.—Globose; style short. Fruit.—One to four-seeded berry, dark-purple with a blue bloom; size of pea. The Japanese Ivy was brought from Japan about fifty years ago as a conservatory plant. It was soon discovered to be suffi- ciently hardy to withstand the Boston cHmate, and to-day it sur- passes all other vines for covering brick and stone walls. It 281. 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 Keeler, Harriet L. (Harriet Louise), 1846-1921. New York, C. Scribner's Sons
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