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A BI-MONTHLY MAGAZINE 



DEVOTED TO THE STUDY AND PROTECTION OF BIRDS 



Official Organ of The Audubon Societies 



Vol. XIV 



July— August, 1912 



No. 4 



A List of Trees, Shrubs, Vines, and Herbaceous Plants 



Native to New England, Bearing Fruit or Seeds 



Attractive to Birds 



By FREDERIC H. KENNARD, Newton Center. Mass. 



IT WAS my privilege, last autumn, 1911, to be asked to design a planting 

 plan for the development of the Bird Sanctuary of the Meriden Bird 

 Club, at Meriden, New Hampshire. A large part of the property is 

 already well wooded, and the principal problem was with regard to the plant- 

 ing and thickening of the present growth with trees, shrubs, vines, and per- 

 ennials, that should be most attractive to the birds in that vicinity, and at 

 the same time disturb as little as possible the natural aspect of the reservation. 



In order to make such a plan intelligently, it was necessary to compile a 

 provisional list of plants attractive to birds, from which to choose; and while 

 this list is in no way complete, as it may be of interest to readers of Bird-Lore, 

 I have ventured to submit it below. 



Those plants that are particularly attractive to birds are shown with three 

 asterisks, while those with more than ordinary attractiveness, are shown by 

 two or one asterisks, in the order of their attractiveness, and those species 

 whose fruits seem to be eaten so seldom as to make their planting hardly 

 worth while are marked with a cross. 



DECIDUOUS TREES 



*Acer negundo, Ash-leaved Maple, Box 



Elder. 

 *Acer saccharum, Sugar Maple. 

 And doubtless other maples. 

 Betula popidifolia, American Gray 



Birch. 

 Betula liitea, Yellow Birch. 



And probably other birches. 

 Cellis occidentalis, Hackberry. 

 Cercis canadensis, Red-bud. 

 *Cornus florida, Flowering Dogwood. 



^Corylus amcricana, American Hazel. 

 **CratcegHs coccinea, White Thorn. 

 ** " crus-galli, Cockspur Thorn 

 And others of this genus. 

 \Fagus americana, American Beech 

 *Fraxinus americana, American White 



Ash. 

 And probably other species. 

 '\Hicoria sp., Several kinds of Hickory. 

 Ilex opaca, American Holly. 

 ]Liqnidamhar styraciflua. Sweet Gum. 

 ]Liriodendron tulipifcra, Tulip Tree. 

 ***Morus rubra, Native Red Mulberry. 



