ALONG THE WATERWAYS 



guess you '11 find Pepper -bush just right this time 

 'o year." 



Clethra, White Alder, or Sweet Pepper-bush 

 (so-called from seed -pods that resemble pepper- 

 corns), the flower is one and the same; no name, 

 however invented, could half describe the sugges- 

 tive fragrance, and no chemist could ever counter- 

 feit it. Clethra is too often a bush defaced by 

 much dead wood and shabby seed -pods, but this 

 group was of even, young, fresh growth, coming 

 from old stumps, while the flower sprays rose 

 erect above the leaves, in shape like long 

 candle flames. 



A horse neighed at the pic- 

 nic ground, and Nell, tethered 

 down the highway, 

 answered and added 

 an impatient whinny 

 on her own account. 

 So once again I 

 parted company with 

 Time o' Year, who stood 

 a moment smiling at me as 

 I packed away my plate - 

 holders safe from light. 

 Then, picking up his eter- 



