BERRIES 



English privet were equally attractive, and tke birds 

 round tneir sniny terries very palataole. Frost s-weet- 

 ened tne purple clusters or 'wild grapes on the arbor 

 and improved the flavor or tne Indian currants. 



Rare birds, driven soutn-ward by tne icy winds 

 of the Nortn, sometimes invaded tne garden; among tbem 

 were beautiful pine and evening grosbeaks, strange A- 

 merican and wbite--vv^inged crossbills, redpolls, and tbe 

 lovely sno-w buntings. Tney found food to tneir taste in 

 tne mountain asn berries and fruit of tne sumac, ever- 

 green buds, and seeds of various grasses. On cold stormy 

 nigbts tbese featbered visitors found warm sleeping quar- 

 ters in tbe clumps of tbick-leaved evergreens — red ce- 

 dar, cypress, arbor vitae, and jumper — -vs^nicn grew m 

 sheltered corners about tne bouse and among tbe shrub- 

 bery. 



Nothing gave Grandmother such pleasure during 

 dreary February days as the presence of these charm- 

 ing winter birds about her home. The queer antics 

 of tbe chickadees and nuthatches, and peculiar habits 

 of the woodpeckers, furnished a never ending enter- 

 tainment; while the appearance of a strange bird in 

 the garden was an epoch making event. 



Unlike that of the purely ornamental garden, its 

 greatest charm lay in its natural simplicity, the 

 hardy character of its lusty shrubs, and the luxuri- 

 ant growth of its wealth of simple flowers; while 

 the pulse of feathered life that beat withm its bor* 

 ders filled Grandmother s heart with joy. 



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