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ment to the grounds to its shades. Nor are there many
varieties of birds attracted by its fruit. If the
three hundred species that visit Massachusetts,
we might almost count on the fingers of a sin-
gle hand the kind that feed on the fruit of
the cultivated cherry. There are other trees
and many shrubs more [available?] for this
purpose. The red-cedar the Sae[?], the
cornets[?] and above all others, the mountain
ash have their larger number of admirers.
This matter of the selection of certain
varieties of fruit-bearing shrubbery is a
subject worthy of our attention. A list
of such suitable fruit-bearing shrubbs as we
can recommend for planting in the ceme-
tery would be a valuable acquisition and is
a matter well worthy the consideration of
the Commmittee on grounds. Its preparation, how-
ever, can only be completed with time and the
experience of several years. To this sub-
ject we recommend the attention of our
Superintendent in the hope and belief that
a careful study of the respective active in
this connection, of different varieties of
trees and shrubs would lend to valuable
knowledge and be made the means of cor-