A 'Thousand- Mile JValk 
vines. In some districts almost every tree is 
crowned with them, aiding each other in grace 
and beauty. Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennes- 
see have the grapevine in predominant num- 
bers and development. Farther south dwell the 
greenbriers and countless leguminous vines. 
A vine common among the Florida islets, per- 
haps belonging to the dogbane family, over- 
runs live-oaks and palmettos, with frequently 
more than a hundred stems twisted into one 
cable. Yet in no section of the South are there 
such complicated and such gorgeously flowered 
vine-tangles as flourish in armed safety in the 
hot and humid wild gardens of Cuba. 
The longest and the shortest vine that I 
found in Cuba were both leguminous. I have 
said that the harbor side of the Morro Hill is 
clothed with tall yellow-flowered composites 
through which it is difficult to pass. But there 
are smooth, velvety, lawnlike patches in these 
Composited forests. Coming suddenly upon one 
of these open places, I stopped to admire its 
greenness and smoothness, when I observed a 
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