. Familiar features of the roadside; the flowers, shrubs, birds, and insects. Natural history. EARLY-FLOWERING SHRUBS. 37 One of the commonest roadside shrubs of the north country is the buttonbush { ooci- dentalis). Its decorative, spherical heads of yel lowish white flowers with long styles are quite an inch in diam- eter ; the strongly veined, blunt, egg-shaped leaves are without teeth. The flowers, how- ever, are late in blooming; they do not appear until late in June or early in July. This shmb grows about four feet high, and is most fre- quently found on the borders of swamp
. Familiar features of the roadside; the flowers, shrubs, birds, and insects. Natural history. EARLY-FLOWERING SHRUBS. 37 One of the commonest roadside shrubs of the north country is the buttonbush { ooci- dentalis). Its decorative, spherical heads of yel lowish white flowers with long styles are quite an inch in diam- eter ; the strongly veined, blunt, egg-shaped leaves are without teeth. The flowers, how- ever, are late in blooming; they do not appear until late in June or early in July. This shmb grows about four feet high, and is most fre- quently found on the borders of swamps and streams. The buttonbush thicket is a favorite haunt of the red- winged blackbird {Agelaius phmniceus); here the bird finds a safe retreat, seldom molested by enemies; the en- vironment is entirely too aquatic for all visitors other than batrachians. I have no doubt whatever that madame, as she settles on her nest at sundown,. 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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