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bushes are quite as beautiful when the blossoms are 

 replaced by the coral-red berries ; and they are the 

 cheery companions of my long tramps through the 

 hills. But I have never experienced the annoyance 

 of being tripped up by the loops which Gray says are 

 formed by the reclining branches taking root at the 

 end ; this is the reason why it is called hobble-bush. 

 Bunch-berry. The bunch-berry is one of the most 



Cornus Canadensis. conspicUOUS and bcautiful objCCtS 



which meets one's eyes, when, after a weary climb, 

 the mountain top is 

 at last gained. The 

 bunches of bright scar- 

 let berries encircled 

 by a cluster of about 

 six light green, ovate 

 pointed leaves are irre- 

 sistibly attractive, and 

 one must leave the 

 path to gather some. 

 In early June the pret- Bunch-berry. 



ty little flower is quite interesting for several rea- 

 sons ; what seem to be four white petals, two of 

 which are smaller than the others, are not petals 

 at all, but involucre leaves. The flowers are tiny 

 little greenish things with black dots in between. 

 An examination of the flowers under the microscope 



