The maple-leaved viburnum berries are a dark purple or black now. They are scarce.
The red pyrus berries are ripe.
The dense oval bunches of arum berries now startle the walker in swamps. They are a brilliant vermilion on a rich ground, seen where they have fallen off, which ground turns dark-purple.
H. D. Thoreau, Journal, September 2, 1853
The dense oval bunches of arum berries now startle the walker in swamps. See September 1, 1859 ("The fruit of the arum is the most remarkable that I see this afternoon, such its brilliancy, color, and form; ") September 4, 1856 ("There are many splendid scarlet arum berries there now in prime, forming a dense ovate head on a short peduncle; the individual berries of various sizes."); September 28, 1856 (“The arum berries are still fresh and abundant, perhaps in their prime. . . .It is one of the most remarkable and dazzling, if not the handsomest, fruits we have.”) See also A Book of the Seasons, by Henry Thoreau, Arum Berries
The medeola berries are now dull glossy and almost blue-black. . . arising in the midst of the cup formed by the purple bases of the whorl of three upper leaves. See May 25, 1852 ("Medeola or cucumber-root in bud, with its two-storied whorl of leaves. "); June 2, 1853 ("The medeola has been out a day or two . . . -- another green flower."); August 27, 1851 ("The Medeola Virginica, cucumber-root, the whorl-leaved plant, is now in green fruit.") See also A Book of the Seasons, by Henry Thoreau, Cucumber Root (medeola)
Dense oval bunches
of arum berries startle
the walker in swamps.
A Book of the Seasons, by Henry Thoreau,
A Book of the Seasons, by Henry Thoreau
"A book, each page written in its own season,
out-of-doors, in its own locality."
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