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buy plants; blossoms very early in the spring, sometimes 

 before the leaves appear — usually early April. 

 *2 — Berberis vulgaris: common barberry; from four to eight 

 feet high; many small, bell-like, bright yellow flowers, 

 pendant along the branches; frviit abundant, bright red, 

 ornamenting the bush during much of the winter; blossoms 

 in May and June. 



(This is not native but has escaped and is naturalized in 

 the east.) 



*3 — Viburnum opulus : highbush cranberry ; twelve feet high; tiny 

 white flowers in cymes four inches in diameter; fruits scarlet, 

 remaining all winter ; buy plants ; blossoms in May and June. 



4 — Sanibucus Canadensis: common elder; twelve feet high; 

 flowers white, in large flat cymes, very fragrant ; fruit is 

 ornamental and useful; buy plants; blossoms in July. 



5 — Rhus glabra: smooth sumac; ten to twelve feet high ; flowers 

 greenish-pink, in characteristic terminal panicles ; foliage a 

 gorgeous color in autumn; buy plants; blossoms in July. 



♦6 — Clethra alnifolia: sweet pepperbush; eight to ten feet high; 

 likes a moist sandy soil; white flowers in erect, pyramidal 

 spikes ; very fragrant ; buy plants ; blossoms in August and 

 late summer. 



Bog Land 



Wet, marshy spots where water settles, or where springs are 

 numerous, is the sort of land referred to here. The banks of 

 lakes often present the same conditions. Peat bogs are rich in 

 the decomposing mosses which flourish there; for this reason 

 they are somewhat different from ordinary bog land, and plants 

 which are native to them are especially mentioned as peat bog 

 dwellers. 



