GREEN 



rat in the wall." It seems unfortunate that this strikingly hand- 

 some plant, which clambers so ornamentally over the luxuriant 

 thickets which border our lanes and streams, should be so handi- 

 capped each June. Happily with the disappearance of the blos- 

 soms, it takes its place as one of the most attractive of our climbers. 



The common green-brier, S. rotundifolia, is a near relation 

 which is easily distinguished by its prickly stem. 



The dark berries and deeply tinted leaves of this genus add 

 greatly to the glorious autumnal display along our roadsides and 

 in the woods and meadows. 



POISON SUMACH. 



Rhus venenata. Cashew Family. 



A shrub from six to eighteen feet high. Leaves. — Divided into seven 

 to thirteen oblong leaflets. Flowers. — Greenish or yellowish-white ; in loose 

 axillary clusters ; some perfect, others unisexual. Fruit. — Whitish or dun- 

 colored ; small, globular. 



The poison sumach infests swampy places and flowers in 

 June. In early summer it can be distinguished from the harm- 

 less members of the family by the slender flower-clusters which 

 grow trom the axils of the leaves, those of the innocent swnachs 

 being borne in pyramidal , tertninal clusters . In the later year the 

 fruits of the respective shrubs are, of course, similarly situated, 

 but, to accentuate the distinction, they differ in color ; that of 

 the poison sumach being whitish or dun-colored, while that of 

 the other is crifnson. 



STAGHORN SUMACH. 



Rhus iyphina. Cashew Family. 



A shrub or tree from ten to thirty feet high. Leaves. — Divided into 

 eleven to thirty-one someM'hat lance-shaped, toothed leaflets. Flowers. — 

 Greenish or yellowish-white ; in upright terminal clusters ; some perfect, 

 others unisexual ; appearing in June. Fruit. — Crimson; small; globular; 

 hairy. 



This is the common sumach which illuminates our hill-sides 

 every autumn with masses of flame-like color. Many of us would 



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