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easier to find? Assuredly not. Now there are no 

 less than three kinds of wild cherry which grow 

 freely almost anywhere that they are planted, the 

 bird cherry, the black cherry and the choke cherry. 

 If there are plenty of wild cherries, the birds will 

 let the cultivated cherries alone. Mulberries are 

 even better. The same thing is true of wild 

 grapes. If there are plenty of mulberries or of 

 fox and frost grapes in the neighborhood of a 

 vineyard, the big cultivated grapes are much less 

 likely to be damaged by birds. 



''You've seen birds feeding their young, Shan, 

 so you know how hard the parents have to work in 

 order to fill those hungry little mouths." 



''Right hard," Shan agreed. 



"So 'Bull's Sanctuary,' if it is to be a Sanctuary 

 in fact as well as in name, should try and provide 

 food for the birds all the year round. Sooner or 

 later you should plant widely the following trees 

 and shrubs: Among deciduous trees, begin with 

 the flowering dog-wood, white thorn, cockspur 

 thorn, holly, mulberry, wild cherry and crab-apple ; 

 be sure that among your evergreens you have 

 plenty of red cedar or common juniper. Among 

 the shrubs, you will find most useful the shad- 

 bush, all the cornels, huckleberry, ink-berry, black 



