variety: the trunk and branches, covered with ivy and other plants, growing on them like houſe-leeks.
That the leaves of different trees ſhould be found on one tree, is an object worthy of ſpeculation; but yet, in my opinion, is no other way to be accounted for, than by ſuppoſing that the ſeeds of different trees, being ſcattered by the wind, fall into the heart of the ſame plant, like houſe-leeks, and are thus incorporated into the tree on which they are ſeen growing.
The different ſpecies of ivy, or rather wild vines, in the woods, grow to a great ſize, and have the appearance of ſo many cords, or thick ropes, fattened to the branches. Some of theſe are very tough, ſtrong, and uſeful; and hoops, baſkets, and other wicker utenſils are made of them: alſo walking-ſticks, called
