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the native Apple, Dogwoods, and Viburnums, com- 

 bine to draw the eye from the low, moist woods, 

 where the leafage begins to shut out the sun that 

 at the first coming of Spring awakened the Marsh 

 Marigold and Adder's Tongue. 



PussyWillow, the pet name of the Glaucous Wil- 

 low, Salix discolor, is the first catkin to give a hint 

 of Spring in the uppergrowth, but its little fur pads 

 seem better calculated to greet a March snowstorm 

 than a melting April shower. At this time the 

 faithful yellow wands of Willow trees of river banks 

 and along wet waysides are the olive branches that 

 pledge a season of peace from Winter storms before 

 the snow has wholly retreated and left the earth 

 free. 



Shadbush, then, is the first wayfaring shrub to 

 wear a complete flower of really decorative quality, 

 the delicate down upon the unfolding leaf, with its 

 suggestion of hoar frost, being as attractive as the 

 blossom itself. 



The Thorns, both as ornamental shrubs and 

 small trees, may be seen along brush -edged roads 

 at any time from the opening of the Yellow - 

 fruited Dwarf Thorn the first week in May, until 

 June, when the flower -clusters of the Cockspur 

 Thorn, a species which often reaches tree height, 



