traveller's joy

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

(Lat. clematis.) The popular name of a hardy climbing vine, common in low grounds. When in fruit, the long feathery tails of the seeds appear like tufts of wool.--Bigelow's Plants of Boston.

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