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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