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roe-deer bounds away from the road, the 

 woods and the river's bank furnish us with 

 spoil. For we may bring in branches of the 

 wild Guelder Rose with its graceful growth, 

 handsome foliage, and bright berries. The 

 shorter branchlets with their bunches of scarlet 

 berries make a charming decoration for the 

 dinner-table ; for they are nice clean things 

 that last for a week in water, and do not 

 strew the immaculate surface of the linen with 

 berries that stain, or insects that crawl ; while 

 the larger branches in tall jars, for the hall 

 or corners of the drawing-room, are most 

 effective. 



