HOW SPRING COMES 43 
ages? And what tore those tender flowers asunder, 
separating them by continents and vast seas? 
When blossom the blackberry bushes that crowd 
into every cleared spot and border the paths and 
the roads, it is worth while going out just to see 
them, though it would be impossible to go out 
without seeing them, for the hedgerows everywhere 
are white like banks of snow. At their blooming- 
time in April or early May comes a cold storm called 
the "blackberry-blossom storm," as a similar spell 
of bad weather in the North when the apple trees 
are out is called the "apple-blossom storm." 
About Traumfest the blackberry has a rival in 
the Japanese honeysuckle, that, having escaped from 
the gardens, densely covers banks and open places. 
Red clay evidently suits it. It buries a stone wall 
or a fence in a year or two, blossoms tremendously, 
and loads the air with its delicious perfume. But 
out in the woods you will find a wild honeysuckle 
as lovely and as fragrant as its Japanese cousin and 
with blossoms greatly resembling it, reminding us of 
that mysterious relationship between the plants of 
the East and the West ; only it is less importunate 
than its imported relative, it does not smother the 
earth, but twines about the bushes in a modest 
manner, and its beautiful white flowers have richer 
tones of yellow and are sometimes flushed with pink. 
The red trumpet honeysuckle, loved by every child, 
also twines about the bushes on the mountain-side 
in company with other beautiful and fragrant mem- 
bers of the same family. 
