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in town have canes made of it.
Of the Vitis aestivalis, would say that I never have seen any myself that I was sure of. Many have told me that there are two kinds of grapes here, one that gets ripe early about Sep. and another that does not ripen till frost-. What I have seen answers to the description of cordifolia. If I can find any specimens that seem to be aestivalis will send you some.
Regarding Rhus Venenata: When the pupils were collecting specimens last fall, one of the boys brought a specimen of a slender shrub with pinnate compound leaves of 7-9 leaflets and the whole description answered