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compound leaves which look as if made of small green 

 scales. Another grows very tall and the blossoms are 

 rough and coarse with long bristles sticking out at in- 

 tervals, the seed vessels of this species are hard and tri- 

 angular looking much like small burrs or pods, the 

 leaves are long coarse and nearly red, commonly found 

 in gardens. 



BERRIES. 



These autumnal fruits of the wild trees, bushes 

 and plants are very pretty as well as varied and inter- 

 esting. The dogwood tree, (Cornus Florida) bears 

 beautiful scarlet fruit, which is oblong and has a small 

 brown tuft on the top — the remains of the de- 

 parted blossom : these berries grow in bunches, usually 

 three together at the junction of small twigs : when a 

 small tree is ornamented with these bright berries, it 

 presents a very attractive appearance, especially when 

 the leaves are partly turned. If pulled and mixed with 

 golden rod they make a nice boquet but turn black or 

 brown when kept for any length of time. The Vibar- 

 num bush (Vibarnum Lantanoides) forms a striking 

 feature in the landscape of declining fall, they grow 

 three or four feet high, with spreading branches which 

 frequently take root thus forming a thicket of buches 

 and shoots, it is found in damp timber, the fruit is 

 a bright red berry and contains a flat stone, it is divi- 

 ded and in form sometimes resembles a grain of guinea 

 corn when popped. This species is not unpleasant to the 

 taste, being warm and spicy. There are several varie- 

 ties some of which are cultivated and also edible: when 

 kept for a time the fruit turns black and loses its solid- 



