The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-08

Random observations by n Nature Oh.
server.
you may go" IT was the last day
Of May when heard those glad words
To my ears 1t was a joyous sound, for
they meant half holiday. / wen.-
ana 10 the woods. What else could
DO when the little brush wren was
fairly deafeninG the music of other
sonSsters with not be- evaded
come here. come here: when for
the last fifteen minutes I had scen Mr..
and Mrs. y r. Vireo making regular
trips to and from the same hickory
hmn; and when 1 knew that in the
thlcket the young thrashers were
spreading their wings to the air for
the first time?
No need for hat when spreading
ooushs arched overhead and leaf in
teriaced with leaf. or for lunch box
when in glowing crimson against tho
dark ground right at my feet are wild
strawberries. with superiority OF
nsvor. the secret OF which the raiser OF
cultivated berries has yet to learn:
and Moving clear and cold from
rocky bank. pure spring invites my
grape leaf cup
Tho particular branch in which tn.
vtreos seemed so interested at first
showed nothing remarkable: but It
often takes very scrutinizing look
before Important things. are revealed.
80 n was fully five minutes before
,ouno an interviewer mass OF bark,
Ncnen and grass. not as wide as nv
thumb. suspended about an inch from
iorked branch. the nucleus OF tn.
nest: and before two more DAYS have
passed The little yellow throated home
builders VIII have completed their task
In the parable OF the grain of mus
.aFo seed the minu,eness OF the seed
ae contrasted with The might OF the
maturcd plant. Concernins the latter
state the Divine lecturer. who ALWAYS
illustrated from Nature. gave tho i'm
press've fact. that the birds OF the air
come and lodge in tho branches there
OIL ne tree in which the birds have
their lodging Is indeed honored Ma
tuTe- l fancy. reserves the dispense
ton OF nests as n special prize in her
great storehouse This year the hlck-
DRY won II. because II was offered 10
the tree that brought It's leaves out
hrst. This. OF course does not mean
that the birds cannot build in any
other kind. II Is just that Natures
influence rules with the birds to the
extent that large majority Of those
that nest in trees patronlxe the hick-
Dry And so IL is that from the loose,
clumsy crows nest all the way TO the
dainty little humming birds. the great
On the limbs and tree-:runks grow
the rough gray-green MOSES. and
often. directly under T. is the deli
cate. green plush moss: and a little
farther away two other kinds ningie
their dark and light shading, the
brown -shafted and the long spurred
Sometimes plants OF variegated foli-
ase will push their way up through
the moss obtaining the beneht of a
rich background In marshy places
the chicory moss abounds but do
not admire II as much as the others
for the prc:ense {, makes OF having
leaves
now roamed more out into the
open. where the Wild primrose trailed
over the ground, blushing at its own
fragrant lcvelincss Between its ten
drills SIP Ter had hune It's airy web.
wrought with silver threads In A pat
tern. Intricate and exquisite. whose
possession would have Sraced the hand
somest drawing room table. The sky
was OF that deep radiant bl.e7 inten-
si!ed by groups OF liShtsome white
clouds, which al5los, hurt the eyes
TO look at Yet irrisis;ibiy attracts
them. From their own golden beauty
fhe yellow primrose, the daisies and
the star grass Hover reflected back
the rays OF the sun. Have you ever
noticed in Natures color scheme how
shades OF yellow and pink predominant
light. the other dawn. the dawn OF a
season Of Light Another fact having
many witnesses. as chokeberry. part