The high bush cranberry and for that matter all that family known as the 

 viburnums, such as the arrow-wood, nanny-berry, wayfaring tree, and the glossy 

 leaved, all run a lunch counter for the birds in the fall. 



We have pretty well covered the lines suggested by the edible fruits, but 

 we have still the stately hackberry tree and vines like the bittersweet, woodbine, 

 and even poison ivy, from which the druggist makes a remedy for rheumatism 

 for man. A few matrimony vines must naturally be associated with every lover's 

 nook, and all single flowering roses, like the Sweet Brier and Rugosas, produce 

 very showy red or black "hips." 



The Indians fancied the strawberry tree and called it the "Wahoo," and 

 the Japanese form is considered the most valuable shrub grown. The oleaster 

 or wild olive, with its silver foliage and attractive fruit, is also in demand. The 

 buffalo berry and sea buckthorn are closely allied to the olive. 



Any elderberry that does not get robbed of its flowers to make tea of, will 

 later be found loaded with berries, and there are also those with cut leaves, and 

 a golden leaved variety. 



Many shrubs are prized for their growing well in the shade. For instance, 

 the dogwoods, honeysuckles, and the buckthorns, all of which have a numerous 

 family varying in color of flower and fruit and time of blooming. When a bird 

 hedge is wanted, there are three forms of privet, the Amur, growing like a 

 candle-flame, the Ibota, which spreads more, and still the Prostrate, which is 

 three times as wide as high. 



Among the so-called trimmers in shrubbery bushes of low habit which are 

 used in large quantities in the foreground of shrubbery belts, the snowberry, 

 wolfberry, and the coralberry or Indian currant are largely used. 



For a pleasing autumn effect the highly colored sumach, both smooth and 

 staghorn, with their cut-leaved forms, are used, but their fruit is very palatable 

 to the songsters. 



Shall we close our list by referring to the "Devil's Walking Stick," Aralia 

 Spinosa, which carries on high a mass of flowers which later become very orna- 

 mental in berry? Its spiny stem gives cause for its name. 



Because of the prodigal supply during the summer, providentially many 

 berries like the cranberry and the barberries are persistent and hang on and 

 become a base of supply for the birds who remain over most of the winter. 



The above list gives only the favorite varieties of the birds that are hardy 

 in our northern states and are not expensive or difficult to get from any reliable 

 nurseryman. 



One of the most important things to remember in winning birds is that they 

 must be given protection against their enemies — first, the domestic cat; second, 

 the English sparrow. 



The truths that I have to tell will hurt many of you who care for cats. Let 

 me, then, begin by saying that I once loved cats myself ; and understand that I 

 do not advocate the wholesale destruction of cats. I believe that cats should be 

 licensed and that their owners should be made responsible for their comfort and 



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