. Familiar features of the roadside; the flowers, shrubs, birds, and insects. Natural history. EARLY-FLOWERING SHRUBS. 35 cool rocky woods; its flat, white flower clusters ajj- pear in May or June. The leaves are like those of the maple in shape, and the blackish fruit, about as large as a huckleberry, is ripe in early autumn; it is not flt to eat. Another species, arrowwood ( Yibiirnum dentatum), general- ly found in damp places throughout the North. Dockmackie. and West, has roundish leaves, straight-veined and coarsely toothed, and bears small clusters of white flowers which appear in June.
. Familiar features of the roadside; the flowers, shrubs, birds, and insects. Natural history. EARLY-FLOWERING SHRUBS. 35 cool rocky woods; its flat, white flower clusters ajj- pear in May or June. The leaves are like those of the maple in shape, and the blackish fruit, about as large as a huckleberry, is ripe in early autumn; it is not flt to eat. Another species, arrowwood ( Yibiirnum dentatum), general- ly found in damp places throughout the North. Dockmackie. and West, has roundish leaves, straight-veined and coarsely toothed, and bears small clusters of white flowers which appear in June. This shrub grows from five to fifteen feet high, and sends out remark- ably straight shoots. It is occasionally found in the tliickets of the roadside. On the mountain road which passes through the woods we will probably see the large, almost heart-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Mathews, F. Schuyler (Ferdinand Schuyler), 1854-1938. New York, D. Appleton and Company
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