A Thousand-Mile Walk 



driveway, embowering it throughout its entire 

 length, while each branch is adorned Hke a 

 garden with ferns, flowers, grasses, and dwarf 

 palmettos. 



But of all the plants of these curious tree- 

 gardens the most striking and characteristic is 

 the so-called Long Moss {Jillandsia usneoides), 

 . It drapes all the branches from top to bottom, 

 hanging in long silvery-gray skeins, reaching a 

 length of not less than eight or ten feet, and 

 when slowly waving in the wind they produce 

 a solemn funereal effect singularly impressive. 

 There are also thousands of smaller trees and 

 clustered bushes, covered almost from sight in 

 the glorious brightness of their own light. The 

 place is half surrounded by the salt marshes 

 and islands of the river, their reeds and sedges 

 making a delightful fringe. Many bald eagles 

 roost among the trees along the side of the 

 marsh. Their screams are heard every morning, 

 joined with the noise of crows and the songs of 

 countless warblers, hidden deep in their dwell- 

 ings of leafy bowers. Large flocks of butter- 

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