WAYFARERS 2Q3 



out from the tangled wild hedges and briar - 

 carpeted waste pastures to suddenly become the 

 most notable of wayfarers. 



The Upland Sumac has smooth leaves that in 

 Autumn appear varnished, and show little wings 

 along the midrib that unite the leaflets to the 

 central stem. The foliage of this Sumac, besides 

 taking deep rich crimson Autumn tints, has a firm 

 leathery quality that makes it valuable for decora- 

 tive uses, either when freshly gathered or when 

 pressed and massed with the berries of the Stag- 

 horn variety and branches of Bittersweet. 



The Scarlet is the usual hillside type; the leaves, 

 dark green above, are whitish underneath, and its 

 flower -clusters are often ragged from a mingling 

 of distorted leaves, while the Staghorn Sumac is 

 the tallest type of all, growing to a tree of forty 

 feet, with long leaves of sometimes thirty - one 

 leaflets. The berries of the Staghorn are covered 

 with soft crimson hairs, and the stems and twigs 

 are velvety, suggesting, with its way of branching, 

 a resemblance to immature antlers. 



These four Sumacs may be seen in Autumn 

 following the inland highways, the types varying 

 according to whether the soil is wet or dry; and 

 these Sumacs, together with the trailing Black- 



