Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-08-17

NcEiuOnl US well us NnSihld' ~ 10 iu'', "S
characteristic of the one State ms of th,
other and is no more at home in one than
in the other. Were the name scientific one
we should at once refer its origin TO those
carly days when all the dried specimens OF
plants which accommodating travellers carried
to Linneus and hisimmediatc successors were
reported us from either Canada or Virginia,
the whole Atlantic border being convenient
" divided into those two regions, and the
plants accordingly named Canadensis
or Virgiuiana, names which, many OF them,
have no significance at present. Another
more suitable but less common name is
| American Ivy, more suitable because the
Ampelopss more than any other vine mods
in America the place filed by the Ivy in
| Europe
| In a deep shade the Woodbnc is some.
| times rather dark and sombre and even
gloomy, but this is not often the case, for in
most lights the dark green of the foliage is
frightened by the shining surface oil the
| leaflets, their, mobility and the orderly disor-
der of their arrangement. There is little OF
the rrmness and stiffness sometimes seen
in the Ivy. Undoubtedly there are prcttior
and more delicate vines than the Woodbinc
but do not recall any that is so noble IN
appearance or that affords more gcncr-
Gus and attractive drapery for rough tree
trunk or rude wall or that gives more cosy
piclurcsqucncss to the side and roof OF II
cottage Wherever it growssit is always a
welcome sight. It's presence makes the
most bare and squalid dwelling home-like
and inviting, the simplest lattice shady
bower. the Scared and blasted tree a verdant
column covered with arabcsqucs, the harsh
stone wall a soft, yielding mass of green. Its
greatest charm is seen when it undertakes to
screen the ugliness of stump fence. There
it grows us it 1t were fully impressed with the
feeling that if there were. any work for it to
do in the world it was TO change the comfort
ed mass into something beautiful and elegant
to hide the grotcsque and dead roots beneath
its mantle of grace and vitality. 1t enthu-
siastically throws its 1.-the, tlexuous branches
one after another in quick succession over
the bristling barrier, showing to the best ad-
vantage its own eXcellenccs while hiding the
deformity beneath. 1t seems beside itself
with bcncvolence and twines, tumbles and
creeps over the gray stumps rs II 1t loved
them. 1t covers first one root mass and then
eagerly pushes toward the next and spreads
its fair tcstoons over each ore it leaves it for
another.
On the road to Willston and along other
of our country roads all this is to be seen, for
there the barricadc OF wrthing gnared roots
with many a forbidding, out-jutting point
the most inhospitable and unsightly of fences
has through the efforts of this most benefi-
cent vine become long drawn out
delight, II wall of pulsating, quivering leaves
and branches. Above it all aud over the sur
face, here and there, the young branches toss
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pay inS i'uo anu eeGh, nom Doy
aoo'o 'no hisncH' po'n'' Nv" "ass in.o
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"noiy Ionuealeu 'ii' 'iiIii VA, '.iis ou. asa,n
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i lew ,cllipcs.s Gu, ioosc,' us hoiu neh
my nav olcc a'.aenieu 'he,lsc,ses ,'o VI
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80 '''at .hcy a,t 'ihc spiiai sp,ipSs IGe"eon
.iic s'Ii'i unu 'hc "t'"c,ci ulsma. in tnio way
uli suuuen s,in'us ulc eii.o'uuy u'oiuou In
i Ia INSTANCES 'i'''c ,oo's iiNc 'n1so Vi '.o
- NV ,N.,,., nv, ~, a
compound each each being composed of
llve leaflets which are usually not AZ all equal
in size. The flowers are the least interesting
mart of fine vine So far as bealtv ia concerned
e. -. ,,1e,i, i;,,ia ,.,,,;ss,, oi,;ao,o la
ipi thcY arc mercy HUE Srecnish opJccls HUI
den by the leaves. The berries are more no.
ticcAhlc and every ono must have seen them
in H., roW ,orfra' nc sn,nm ,oos 1901 ond
III Wy ,ai HHsc us sinai pc"s, rouiu anu
dark blue in small clusters on their bright
rod stems Our debt of gratitude to The
Woodhine wonId M, he small were il ofieri,s
luXurlant growth OF the Summer to silently
drOp its leaves and die when the frost touches
it Int II does moi Weld so readily 10 the vic
~ puI 1t uocs nv yiciu 81 ,c"'iY ~ 'no w
lssltuucS OF Autumn. Like the Sumacn IL
says its farewell in robes of crimson most
rlnrous I, Lnbold p,ro-o n loyu oo;da tic
5Ioi ip''S " ucioiu peloio ~ iu,e "''Oe 10
ample dress ana lies hlrd ana brown ready
Incl,s Heal in tho hrirh,os, Iucs tho rainhny
uelNe ltSci' III ny u, SutcS' NUS ~ i"il'oc"
can give. AS ran draws nlSh anu II lees us
chilling presence there appear here and there
'p mi cI 'T GrN0, h, adds ~ ,h
color until the whole vine glows as if all the
warmth of the departing Summer were
SHINING lhlonsh IL. but IL is al III VAN, me
cold COnQucrs at last and the winds tear ruth
loeslvi no hr;rht leaves ND burI ,bo,, far
'usSy. 'ne pl'snt icavcs nnu h;lil .icrh ial
h hnu utnf anu o ,e s,onuu roaos'ue wall ID
July 1-July1
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h""""'"'"" mIuaut"' lie var. caP"acd""' sluggish
:. s siu ,.,. .,..,,.,. ,.,
. gamn.Wa, Il. var. rcptahS, gray.
. nitaf.oHths, seh rare.