Hedgerow Life 
pry about and see what there is to be 
seen. The hedges look very bare and 
brown, and don’t perhaps seem very 
interesting at first. But if they are bare 
now, there is at least the promise of 
next! summers green ‘leaves umeyiae 
swelling buds. Look at that dead- 
looking twig which wanders in and out, 
with, as far as you can see, no beginning 
or end. At intervals here and there are 
buds, half open, of pale green, in pairs, 
one on each side of the main stalk. 
That is the honeysuckle; and in the 
hedge-bottom you may see the pointed 
green spike of the arum. V Later on, 
this spike will uncurl and then die 
away, leaving an upright bunch of bright 
scarlet berries. Very poisonous they 
are, although they look so tempting and 
juicy. 
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