SOME OTHER TREES 



human beings who had thus witnessed another 

 of nature's interior entertainments. 



How much we miss by reason of fear of 

 a Httle wetting! Many of the finest pictures 

 painted by the Master of all art are visible 

 only in rain and in mist; and the subtlest 

 coloring of tree leaf and tree stem is that 

 seen only when the dust is all washed away 

 by the shower that should have no terrors for 

 those who care for the truths of nature. In 

 these days of rain- proof clothing, seeing out- 

 doors in the rain is not even attended by the 

 slightest discomfort, and I have found my 

 camera quite able to stand a shower! 



Another of the early spring- flowering small 

 trees — indeed, the earliest one that blooms in 

 white — is the shad -bush, or service - berry. 

 Again the "common" names are trifling and 

 inadequate; shad - bush because the flowers 

 come when the shad are ascending the rivers 

 along which the trees grow, and service -berry 

 because the pleasant fruits are of service, per- 

 haps! June -berry, another name, is better; but 

 the genus owns the mellifluous name of Amel- 

 anchier, and the term Canadensis belongs to 



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