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wild Peas, and Grapes; but they form a clinging-place 
for that devil’s brood. Poison Ivy, which is so per- 
sistent in growth and so difficult to exterminate. 
The old worm fence was distinctly American ; it 
had a zigzag series of chestnut rails, with stakes 
of twisted cedar saplings which were sometimes 
“ chunked” bv 
J 
moss - covered 
boulders just 
peeping from 
the earth. This 
worm fence 
secured to the 
nature lover 
and to wild life 
a strip of land 
eight or ten feet 
wide, whereon 
plant, bird, 
beast, reptile, 
andinsectflour- 
ished and re- 
produced. It 
has been, within 
a few years, a 
gardening fashion to preserve these old a Virginia ” 
fences on country places of considerable elegance. 
Planted with Clematis, Honeysuckle, Trumpet vine, 
Wistaria, and the free-growing new Japanese Roses, 
they are wonderfully effective. 
On Long Island, east of Riverhead, where there 
are few stones to form stone walls, are curious and 
Rail Fence Corner. 
