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Show O.ir Xalll-a Shrubs. No Imported shrub can give us quite the trill we feel, when walking along Ihe edge of the bar.) woods in early spring wo sud. 1. 'toy .s.uie iiihhi the while banners of Hie llcvveriiig dogwood, dog-wood, or when we calcti the Hist brcalb fiolil the I V vcllovv blossoms of tho spl.-o bush to the moist woods, or of the fragrant pussy-willow by Ihe lalelly lce-bouud brook. Nu foreign beamy, no hothouse breil fad of society can have for us tho loving charm ot the alder, which In uur chllitlusid we saw slinking Its flimsy lassels lfi the wind, ami scattering Its golden pollen Into the rushing slreain, or of thu wild rose, which though less grand thau some. Is still tbe sweetest rose of all For niiigiilllcent benuty perhnps none or our niitlvo shrubs can excel the great laurel, or rose bay, Ihe native rhododendron which grows along the wooded mountains id l-'aslern North America, rniui Nova fcotla and Ontario On-tario to tienrgln. II Is a lover or tbe woods and streams and often grows In such proluson Hint the branches Interlock In-terlock and form thickets, through W'hl.-li a slrong man can hardly force his way. Imrliig 1 lie summer these tblcltels are covered with wiMiilerfud pink blossoms. --YYnuinu'a Home Companion. |