ACCORDING TO SEASON 



Staghom the staghorn sumach toss upward in the pride of 

 fruition. Here the soft cushion of the pasture- 

 thistle yields a pleasant fragrance, and violet 

 patches are made in the grass by the incomplete 

 heads of the self-heal. Against the dark oval 

 leaves of the cockspur- thorn lie red -cheeked, 

 apple-like fruit. Currant-like clusters of choke- 

 cherries hang from the thicket. The birds are 

 twittering with joy at the feast which the black- 



Red-osier cap bushes are yielding, and a song-sparrow flies 

 to the top of a red-osier dogwood, which is heavy 

 with its burden of white berries, and gives vent 

 to a few bubbling notes with an ecstatic energy 

 which threatens almost to burst its little body. 



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