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particular sumac thicket of which I 

 speak. These are carrying bright red 

 berries, each, when opened, found to 

 be the bearer of a neatly-stowed nest 

 of seeds, with hides as hard as flint, 

 looking not unlike small grains of 

 wheat. Not far away a "wild" or 

 stray asparagus plant was showing its 

 scarlet fruit. Pinch one of these seed 

 houses, and it "pops," exposing in its 

 juices five black "babies," not unlike 

 those borne by your old-fashioned 

 four-o'clocks. 



On a wire fence nearby the wood- 

 bine grows. One of these creepers is 

 laden with purple berries. A wild 

 grape vine is also here. The fruits 

 have other points of resemblance than 

 their form and rich, dark coloring. 

 Each grape and berry commonly holds 

 four seeds, each with two flat sides, the 

 lot neatly fitted together in globular 

 form — like a quartered orange. Then 

 there are the rich red high-bush cran- 

 berries that are much admired each 



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