320 A Plea for the Birds 



will show his appreciation by the frequent use 

 which he makes of it. 



A good way to feed the snowbirds is to sprinkle 

 warm ashes on a clean, clear space, and scatter 

 cornmeal or seed on the warm ashes. 



Among the vegetation furnishing foods which are 

 desirable to a large variety of birds are the currant, 

 maple, walnut, chestnut, peach, lilac, dogwood, 

 huckbush, oak, wild rose, red haw, lilac, grapes, 

 spiraea, and sweet-brier. A collection of these 

 plants will both furnish seed and attract insects. 



Flowers that will furnish seed for the birds should 

 be planted in the garden to keep the birds from 

 eating the flowers one wishes for one's self. Some 

 of those which produce a good crop of seed are 

 prince's-feather, love-lies-bleeding, asters, calan- 

 drinias, California poppies, thistles, forget-me-nots, 

 sunflowers, and tarweed. 



A cocoanut shell furnishes an excellent pantry for 

 the birds, and it is one which will not be affected 

 by the weather. Bore a hole in one end and fall 

 the shell with chopped suet, nuts, or other food 

 mixtures. 



