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how to look for them, berries of different sorts 
seem thick on every side. 
Low at our feet are the red ones 
of the wintergreen (Fig. 40). 
On taller plants grow the odd 
white ones, with blackish spots, of 
the white baneberry (Fig. 41), or 
the red ones of the red baneberry. 
still -hieher glisten- the-=dark; 
glass-like clusters of the spikenard. 
FIG, 40 
_ Along the lane are glowing barberries (Fig. 
42) and thorns bright with their ‘ haws”’ (for 
the fruit of the thorn is called a “haw’’). 
These look something like little apples. 
Here, too, is the black alder, studded with 
its red, waxy beads. But we must hurry 
on, not stopping by the way. And you 
can be sure that those birds we hear chirrup- 
ing above us are glad enough to be left to 
finish their dinner in peace. 
DANA’S PLANTS. — 4 
