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that, after a generation or so, places them in the 

 ranks of naturalized plants. 



To find the smaller flowers, whether in wood 

 or by the wayside, the quest must be on foot, but 

 many an entrancing flower landscape has come in 

 my range when sauntering with 

 a comfortable horse along the 

 byways; and these pictures are 

 the more sympathetic from the 

 human interest that the bit of 

 road lends to them, for the 

 vistas opened by it through the 

 trees give a depth of focus 

 wholly lacking in the un- 

 cleared wood or rolling 

 meadow. Also, a wide 

 knowledge of the berry- 

 bearing shrubs and smaller 

 trees of any locality may 

 be had merely from fol- 

 lowing the trail of an 

 average country road the 

 season through. 



In May the Shad- 

 bush and various 

 Thorns, together with 



