FOREST ADORNMENT 



be, on some earthy speck where the sun 

 has melted the ice — all as if held in 

 cold crystal. 



A word also remains to be said 

 about the vines and creepers. As far 

 north as Pennsylvania, and even to the 

 States bordering the Great Lakes, 

 these clambering plants are a conspic- 

 uous element in the forest. Virginia 

 creeper, clematis, the hairy-looking 

 poison oak, and the wild grape, are 

 among those that are most familiar. 

 In the woods of the lower Mississippi 

 Valley the wild grapevines often make 

 a strange tangle among the old and 

 twisted trees and hang in long fes- 

 toons from the boughs. They are not 

 uncommon in some of the northerly 

 States, though less rank and exuberant 

 in growth. 



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