A Plea for the Birds 



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A planting in accordance with the table below 

 will furnish fresh food for the birds throughout the 

 year: 



(Juniper, red cedar, bayberry, hackberry, bar- 

 berry, pokeweed, flowering crab apple, choke- 

 berry, English thorn, beach plum, holly, 

 crowberry, bittersweet, buckthorn, Virginia 



January 



February 



March 



October 



November 



December 



April 

 May 



June 

 July 



August 

 September 



creeper, summer grape, wintergreen, snowberry, 

 cranberry, privet. 



Hackberry, bayberry, greenbrier, red cedar, 

 pokeweed, chokeberry, flowering crab apple, 

 pasture rose, crowberry, sumac, inkberry, black 

 alder, mountain holly, buckthorn, summer grape, 

 wintergreen, and cranberry. 



Juniper, red cedar, hackberry, common elder, 

 red and white mulberry, barberry, wild goose- 

 berry, red currant, June berry, wild strawberry, 

 wild blackberry, wild red cherry, sand cherry, 

 cranberry, blueberry, bearberry, and winter- 

 green. 



Bayberry, hackberry, red cedar, jumper, bar- 

 berry, pokeweed, sassafras, spice bush, wild 

 gooseberry, red currant, chokeberry, mountain 

 ash, June berry, cockspur thorn, beach plum, red 

 and black cherry (wild), wild blackberry, pas- 

 ture rose, crowberry, sumac, ink berry, alder, 

 Virginia creeper, frost grape, buffalo berry, 

 bunch berry, flowering dogwood, wintergreen, 

 bearberry, and cranberry. 



Many birds are compelled to fly miles to obtain 

 water. Young birds that are unable to fly long dis- 

 tances often die for lack of a drink. The simplest 

 sort of devise is just as good for holding water as 



