132 METHODS OF ATTRACTING BIRDS 



white or Russian, although the variety seems to 

 make but little difference. It begins to bear early, 

 and its fruit-bearing season is well prolonged. 

 Among the vines it is noted that the Virginia 

 creeper is a favorite. Prof. H. A. Surface writes : 

 " If we should be obliged to make a selection of 

 only four of these, it would be as follows : (1) an 

 early sweet cherry, (2) the service-(June-)berry, 

 (3) the mulberry, (4) the Virginia creeper." 



From a study of the column showing when the 

 various fruits ripen, one may select such a series 

 as to give a succession of fruits through the whole 

 season, beginning in the spring and extending 

 even through the winter. 



Plants for Ornamentation. — The plants which 

 we set out to attract the birds may also serve the 

 purpose of ornamentation. Among our vines 

 the Virginia creeper, which is a favorite with the 

 birds, is one of the most beautiful of all the vines 

 for decorative effects. Shrubs may be chosen 

 which hold their berries during the winter, thus 

 furnishing the birds with food when it is specially 

 welcome and also adding greatly to the winter 

 landscape by their bright and attractive colors. 

 Some of the shrubs which carry their fruits 

 through a part or the whole of the winter are 

 holly, barberry, bayberry, mountain-ash, black 



