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almost to entitle the forms 

 to be considered as distinct 

 species, and which have been 

 so presented by some botan- 

 ists, Rhus toxicodendron in the 

 bushy form, Rhus radicans when 

 climbing. Here, for instance, is a 

 thick shrub with somewhat oak- 

 like leaflets growing in the open 

 meadow. Here a bramble -like 

 screen creeping over the rocks. 

 Here in the woods an ivy-like vine, 

 its foliage concealing the trunk of 

 the tree upon which it climbs, and with its brown, 

 hairy, snake -like stem circling about the limbs to 

 which it clings like a parasite. 



This singularly hairy trunk has often been men- 

 tioned as a feature by which to identify the plant, but 

 it is of little reliance. You will not find it in the bush, 

 in the meadow, nor in the slender sprays among the 

 rocks ; for there it often takes the form of a root, and 

 is found under ground. 



One favorite haunt of the ivy is the stone wall ; and 



