A 'Thousand- Mile W < alk 
driveway, embowering it throughout its entire 
length, while each branch is adorned like 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 ( Tillandsia 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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