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shrubs which border country lanes, makes indeed a fitting; bower for any maid or trav- • eller who may chance to be’ seeking shelter."
After learning more about the plant, I feel young ladies, virgins or otherwise, would be unwise to take too much shel-. ter under Clematis virginiana.', The same goes for "travellers" * of either sex. The reason: handing the foliage of clematis causes dermatitis for some people, much like poison ivy. ;
I had no problem, but; warned Lee Trott not to handle it, as she is very allergic to! poison ivy. Notes on the der-* matitis-causing aspect of clematis are only mentioned in three of my books, so it must not be a serious problem.
Native Americans made a! concoction of the plant that; they applied to cuts and sorefl! and to cure the itch.
Taken internally, the plant can cause bloody vomiting and diarrhea, and "... in some cases, convulsions." This is no problem for me; I don't usually! eat the wild plants I collect. *
The four, half-inch longnarrow white "petals" of the flowers are not petals at all but sepals, the outer part of what botanists call the floral, envelope. This gives a flower beauty and serves the function of enclosing and protecting the delicate and vulnerable sexual parts — stamens (male) and pistil (female). Eventually they fold back to allow for pollination (in clematis, by bees)i that results in fertilization.; This eventually produces seeds. The life of the plant goes on and on.
The white sepals, combined with the uncountable white stamens — they look like tiny toothpicks, give each flower the delicate look of a snowflake. The five-parted pistils are pale green. After the white sepals and stamens fall, segments of the pistil spread and elongate. They have a silvery cast and are almost as beautiful as the flower that preceded them.
See AUGUST, Page A6
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