List of Plants 
Bearing Fruits Sought by Birds 

INTRODUCTION 
HE time is rapidly approaching—if, indeed, it is not already here— 
when our native birds will require all the help that we can give 
them. The “balance of nature”’ has been so profoundly disturbed 
through man’s influence that our wild life maintains a precarious exist- 
ence, and very much of it will be gone almost before we realize it; in 
fact, not a few species, both of birds and other animals, as well as plants 
have become quite exterminated in Illinois within the memory of persons 
now living. 
From constantly increasing clearing of woodlands and destruction of 
thickets along roadsides and fence rows, the birds are annually deprived 
of more and more of their shelter, nesting places, and food supply; and 
these must, so far as we are able, be replaced if we are to keep our feath- 
ered friends as near neighbors. 
Fortunately many of the trees, shrubs, and other plants grown for 
ornamental purposes produce fruits which are relished by birds; and it 
is to acquaint the public with what kinds are best to plant that this list 
is issued. 
Of course, not all of the species named in the list can be grown in 
every part of Illinois. A few of them cannot be grown in the more north- 
ern counties on account of the severity of the winters; and to inform 
each person interested in the matter as to which ones can and which 
cannot be grown in his own particular county or section, those suitable 
only for southern Illinois are designated by an “‘S,” while those best for 
the opposite end of the state are distinguished by an “‘N,” it being under- 
stood that those not thus designated may be grown in both sections. It 
may be remarked, however, that while most, if not all, of them marked 
“S” cannot be grown out-of-doors in the extreme northern portion of the 
state, on account of the “climatic handicap,” practically all of those 
marked ‘“‘N” may be grown in the extreme southern portion, provided, 
of course, suitable soil and situation are selected; and in this connection 
attention may be called to the fact that the huckleberries and other 
ericaceous plants, which comprise the bulk of those growing naturally 
only in the more northern portion of the state, require an acid soil. Many 
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