PLANTING FOR BIRDS 

 AND BEAUTY 



HERE IS a strong' amnity between 

 rlo^ver lovers and Dira lovers. He \vno 

 ■watcLes eag'erly for tlie first bloom of 

 crocus or of anemone in trie sprmg, 

 looks with equal eagerness for tne 

 first flash of bluebird s ■win|f or trill 

 of robin's love song. Birds and flow- 

 ers and sunshine are so closely associ- 

 ated that they can never be separated. 

 A flower garden Avithout bird life is an incomplete joy. 



The following list then, is to assist bird lovers and 

 flower lovers so that they may best combine their pleas- 

 ures; so that when they plant a flower, it will be not for 

 their gratification only, but also for the benefit of the 

 birds. Indiscriminate planting may be changed into spec- 

 ialized planting that shall have for its object the attrac- 

 tion and feeding of birds; and no part of the beauty of 

 shrubs or flowers will be sacrificed. 



NV hen the thrushes and chickadees smg tlieir thanks 

 for the wood-bine, or whole hosts of birds praise your 

 generosity m planting a mulberry tree for them, the bird 

 and. flower lover will be repaid for the fore-thought and 

 care that provided shrubs and plants which not only have 

 beauty of foliage, fruit and bloom, but give the birds a 

 feast for many days. 



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