VINES 
F LIVING plants may be said to express gaiety, 
cheerfulness, humor—the Vines are most certainly 
the exponents of these emotions. 
It is a pleasant concept to compare the expression of 
growing things—the Great Green Pageant—with the 
performance of a noble symphony. In this performance 
the Evergreen Trees sustain the slow, resounding 
Adagio; the Deciduous Trees, the melodic Andante 
Cantabile; the Shrubs, the vivacious Allegro; and the 
Vines, the rollicking Scherzo—or even the Ballet! 
They dance in the winds, they peep in through our 
windows, they climb trees and beckon to us from the 
inaccessible height. They clamber over walls. They 
conceal our architectural mistakes and build comfortable 
bowers for our delight. They cling and reach and twine. 
They flower and fruit and glow with Autumn hues. 
They are always trying to escape us. They resist our 
restraining hands with thorns. But we love them as 
we love restlessly active children. 
