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APPENDIX. 



covered with a mulch of chip dirt or well-rotted leaf mould. Too 

 much quickly available nitrogen should be avoided, as it makes 

 a quick growth of wood which may be wiiiter-killed. 



FRUIT FOR BIRDS AND ITS SEASONS. 



The following list of fruit-bearing trees, shrubs, vines and her- 

 baceous plants attractive to birds, showing the season when the 

 fiaiit matures and when it is available for food, was compiled by 

 Mr. WilsonH. Fay: — 



June, 



June, July, 



June, July, 



June, July, August, 

 June, July, August, 

 June, September, 

 July, 



July, 

 July, 



July, 

 July, 

 July, August, 



July, August, 



July, August, 

 July, August, 

 July, August, 



August, 



August, 



August, . 



August, September, 



August, September, 

 August, September, 

 August, September, 



August, September, 



August, September, 



Shad bush, Juneberry, Amelanchier canaden- 

 sis (tree). 



Red-berried elder, Sambucus racemosa 

 (shrub) . 



Wild red raspberry, Rubus aculeatissimus 

 (shrub). 



Blueberries, Vacdnium (shrub) (all species). 



Mulberries, Morus (tree) (all species). 



Shepherdia, Shepherdia canadensis (shrub). 



Wild strawberry, Fragaria virginiana (herba- 

 ceous plant). 



Thimbleberry, Rubus ocddentalis (shrub). 



Wild red cherry, Prunus pennsylvanica 

 (tree). 



Swamp gooseberry, Ribes lacustre (shrub). 



Wild black currant, Ribes floridum (shrub). 



Wild sarsaparilla, Aralia nudicaulis (herba- 

 ceous plant). 



False spikenard, Smilacina racemosa (herba- 

 ceous plant). 



Sassafras, Sassafras variifolium (tree). 



Dangleberry, Gaylussacia frondosa (shrub). 



High-bush blackberry, Rubus allegheniensis 

 (shrub). 



Black cherry, rum cherry, Prunus seroiina 

 (tree). 



Dwarf bilberry, Vacdnium coespitosum 

 (shrub). 



Choke cherry, Prunus virginiana (tree). 



Dwarf cornel, Cornus canadensis (herba- 

 ceous plant) . 



Gray cornel, Cornus paniculata (shrub). 



Silky cornel, Cornus Amomum (shrub) . 



Red-osier dogwood, Cornus stolonifera 

 (shrub) . 



Alternate-leaved cornel, Cornus altemifolia 

 (shrub) . 



Beach plum, Prunus maritima (shrub). 



