_ USES AND HABITS OF VINES II 
There is also a class of twiners, which, on account 
of their rank growth, are capable of climbing most 
anything, and they are very interesting to watch. 
If you plant a Japan honeysuckle (Lonicera 
Japonica), a good specimen of twining vine, 
at the base of atree and give it no assistance, 
it will probably never make its way up into the 
branches; on the other hand, plant a bittersweet 
(Celastrus scandens), and you will find that it will 
soon get up into the tree. If you want to see 
how wonderful nature is, just watch such a vig- 
orously growing twiner climb. I have seen a 
leading shoot grow up straight as an arrow some 
ten or twelve feet and catch the limb of a tree. 
Although, when growing straight up, the shoot 
showed no inclination to twine, it did so im- 
mediately after coming in contact with the 
limb. The wind, in shaking the limb, tore the 
vine loose several times, and still it persisted until 
it secured a good hold; and then half a dozen 
young shoots could be discerned making their 
way up the shoot, which was fast at the top, 
and eventually the entire plant established itself 
on its new-found friend. 
Another interesting point about twining vines: 
have you ever noticed four or five shoots twist 
themselves into a sort of rope and ascend in this 
