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WAYFARING-TREE. 



owe its name to the soiled appearance of its leaves, 

 which, wherever the tree is growing, give one the 

 notion of its having been powdered with dust from 



WAYFARING-TREE. 



the highway. The season when this tree is most 

 conspicuous is when the berries are partially 

 ripe ; for then the scarlet and black berries 

 growing in the same clusters present a very sin- 



