. The brook book; a first acquaintance with the brook and its inhabitants through the changing year. Natural history. THROUGHOUT THE YEAR ii far more so than wild grapes. Only their well- known relationship to the dreaded black berries of the deadly nightshade kept us from sampling them. The long weak stems of the Virginia creeper in this brook-bed were more beautiful in their setting of dull gray, softened by tones of yellow in the grasses, than'theyhad ever seemed on the porches of civilization. We did not venture to the island itself, because there groped among the bitter- sweet and woodbin
. The brook book; a first acquaintance with the brook and its inhabitants through the changing year. Natural history. THROUGHOUT THE YEAR ii far more so than wild grapes. Only their well- known relationship to the dreaded black berries of the deadly nightshade kept us from sampling them. The long weak stems of the Virginia creeper in this brook-bed were more beautiful in their setting of dull gray, softened by tones of yellow in the grasses, than'theyhad ever seemed on the porches of civilization. We did not venture to the island itself, because there groped among the bitter- sweet and woodbine the dreaded poison ivy. Well had we learned the sharp lesson of "touch not, taste BITTERSWEET BERRIES ^^t, handle Hot" from this (solanum) plant. Its gray berries no longer tempted us. If it is beautiful, and one must honestly admit that it is at times, we prefer to enjoy its beauty at a distance. We left the island and followed along an open stretch where mint mingled with low growing plants unknown to us in their autumn guises. "Let's come here every month for a year," said the Doctor, " and find out what these things are, and what they ; I heartily agreed. We reached another fence and slipped easily under the wire, just where the stream would have gone if there had been any stream. We crossed the road and found ourselves against a fence of wonderful design and workmanship. It had origi- nally been of stumps. The practical man may talk. 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 Miller, Mary Farrand (Rogers), Mrs. , 1868-. New York, Doubleday, Page & Company
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