T12 THROUGH GLADE AND MEAD. 
withe-rod and the sweet viburnum, the blue of the 
arrow-wood and the purple of the maple-leaved vibur- 
num, the pale blue berries of the silky cornel, the pale 
white of the panicled cornel, the bright red of the bunch- 
berry and the flowering dogwood make these shrubs 
very attractive when in fruit, as they certainly are when 
in flower. Overtopping the low stone walls of the pas- 
tures are the sessile clusters of bright red berries of the 
black alder (//ex verticillata, Gray), and in the swamps 
those of the smooth winterberry (/. /evigata, Gray) are 
far-seen, and the spice bush is gay with berries of the 
same color. The spikenard (Aralia racemosa, L.) and 
the wild elder (A. hispida, Vent.) are rich with dark- 
colored fruit, while the rarer ginseng (A. guinguefolia, 
Decsne. and Planch.) attracts us by its bright red clus- 
ter, and thus reveals its hiding-place. The odd-looking 
flowers of the Indian cucumber-root are now replaced 
by three or four black berries standing erect on the 
short stems which seemed unable to support the weight 
of the flowets, and the Solomon’s seal bears now its 
dark-blue fruit, more attractive than its small greenish 
flowers. The tall stems of the pigeon-berry (Phytolacca 
decandra, L.) are loaded down with the long racemes of 
dark-purple berries filled with crimson juice. The 
corymbed clusters of bright red berries of the mountain 
ash (Pyrus Americana, DC.) have made it a favorite 
ornamental tree, and the purplish fruits. of the choke- 
