SOME OTHER TREES 



ferred) to make up for 

 the lack. It ought to 

 be called the blue -ber- 

 ried dogwood, by rea- 

 son of its extremely 

 beautiful fruit, which 

 formed a singular and 

 delightful contrast to 

 the profusion of red 

 and scarlet fruits so 

 much in evidence, one 

 September day, in Bos- 

 ton's berry -full Frank- 

 lin Park. 



The red -bud, as I 

 have said, is miscalled 

 Judas-tree, the tradi- 

 tion being that it was 

 on a tree of this fam- 

 ily, but not of the 

 American branch, hap- 

 pily and obviously, that 

 the faithless disciple 

 hanged himself after 

 his final interview with 



The red-bud in bloom 



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