THE PINEHURST OUTLOOK
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SONG BIRDS-WILD FLOWERS
Hortlern Friends and Southern
Strangers Greet the Visitor.
They Itadiate Ilappiness and Good
Cheer Throughout the Village
and Hound About It.
HE feathered songsters
of the Village and vi
cinity never fail to hold
the interest of visitors,
for they are everywhere
in evidence, always ex
emplifying what is so apparent here
the joy of living. They feed beneath the
shrubbery, clamber among the vines upon
the hotels and cottages, or perched high
upon swinging limb of pine or oak, re
joice in the fresh air and sunshine, and
rejoicing, make others joyous with them.
Among the best known and most fas
cinating member of the feathered colony
Is the Mocking bird, because of the va
riety of his ' song and the melody of it,
but there are many other songsters of
wondrous power, and Northerners will
welcome with delight old friends to whom
they said au revoir months before. The
bird lovers find constant joy in watching
lor familiar and new varieties, in keep
ing track of dates of coming and going,
or seeking out points where the greatest
number congregate, but it is to be
doubted if they find more pleasure than
those who know only the common varie
ties, and who rejoice in birds mainly be
cause they radiate happiness.
And the birds here haye come to under
stand this attention,manif esting a willing
ness to show their appreciation of the
friendliness shown by a wealth of song,
and making friends at the slightest op
portunity. Among the most enthusiastic of the
many bird lovers who congregate here is
Miss Elizabeth Olney, the Village Libra
rian, who has kindly prepared for The
Outlook the following list of birds
"which one may definitely count upon in
their seasons :
TRANSIENTS.
Killdeer plover.
Water thruBh.
Goldfinch.
Red-breasted nuthatch.
Chipping sparrow.
Blue-gray gnatcatcher.
Maryland yellow throat.
Brown creeper.
Purple finch.
White-eyed vireo.
Red-eyed ylreo.
Yellow-throated vireo.
Chimney swift.
Bobolink.
Parula warbler.
Yellow-breasted chat.
Great crested flycatcher.
King bird.
Yellow warbler.
Black-throated blue warbler.
Black poll warbler.
Wood pewee.
American bittern.
WINTEtt RESIDENTS.
Blue bird.
Myrtle warbler.
Field sparrow.
Junco.
Meadow lark.
Brown thrasher.
Chewlnk or towhee.
Teabody bird.
Robin.
White-breasted nuthatch.
Song sparrow. . . "
Fox sparrow.
Cedar bird.
Hermit thrush.
Pine warbler.
Cat bird.
Sapsucker.
Mourning dove.
NATIVES.
Mockingbird.
Blue jay.
Red-headed woodpecker.
Red-cockaded woodpecker.
Loggerhead shrike.
Sparrow hawk.
Flicker.
Cardinal.
Carolina chickadee.
Brown-headed nuthatch.
Carolina wren.
Tufted titmouse.
WIJLD FLOWERS OF VICINITY
from November Until Xlaj The y Bring:
Joy to the Nature. JLover.
Familiar faces greet the Northern vis
itor in the wild flora of the vicinity, and
there are also many new and interesting
Southern types, the whole combining to
make the country-side one of never fail
ing interest to those who ramble with
open eyes. And best of all, they bring
joy during the entire season. To be sure
the spring months are conspicuous for
their wealth of beauty here, as elsewhere,
but November, December and January
teem with interest, and the flowers that
one finds then are all the more fascinating
because of the pleasure there is in search
ing for them.
Among the flowers now in fine condi
tion are some familiar to NewEnglanders,
among them several varieties of the
yellow hawkweeds, the delicate pink
gerardia and many kinds of asters. Two
showy members of the composite family
the blazing star, are sending out their
rose-purple spikes, and there is a pretty
mint with whorled heads of pinkish
flowers surrounded by bracts.
There are three real treasures in gen
tians, native to the ection,close relatives
of the fringed and closed species of New
England. There is the narrow-leaved
gentian with solitary, light blue flowers,
often speckled within, and somewhat
larger than the hairbells, which they re
semble. The soapwort and Elliott's gen
tians are far from common, but many of
them may be found on the banks of
streams near the Village. The former
resembles the closed gentian, but opens
its blue clusters, growing from one to
two feet high. The latter is a solitary
flower of about the same shade of blue,
distinguishable because of a stem which
seems somewhat weak.
In December and January andromeda
shrubs make the banks of the streams
green, and the evergreen, smilax hangs
its berries from many a tree. There are
many pitcher plants, and last but not
least, the holly berries and the mistletoe,
both of these being strangely in keeping
with the holiday season, during which
they are at their best.
In February and March there is the
dainty phyxie moss with its tiny pink or
white blooms,and everywhere the familiar
"May Flower" or trailing arbutus,
which thrives here luxuriantly.
April teems with beauty and fragrance
the first of the arrivals to give greeting
heinf? the familiar bird's foot violet.
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Close after comes the dainty dwarf iris,
new to Northerners and welcome.
It grows from four to six inches tall, and
the flowers are rather pale blue with an
orange yellow throat and rare fragrance
A very pretty, lavender-blue flower is
found along many of the woods paths,
growing in clusters, resembling the bou-
vardia, and with leaves resembling the
lavender plant ; rather a delicate bloom
for the only name it, apparently, lays
claim to,' Amsonia Tabernae Montana.
The climbing yellow jesamine sends
out its trumpet flowers not' only on the
trees in the woods, but on the ground
about the Village ; sometimes confounded
with the jellow Japanese jesamine, Which
is not a native. There is also the Fother-
gilla, resembling a white clover head
blooming at the end of a dead stick, from
six to eight inches in height, with a fra
grance all its own and tiny blossoms,
which seen individually, are quite unlike
the clover in form.
There is a relative of the phyxie moss
in the familiar moss pink, which riots
over waste places and warms them with
its masses of pink and white. There is
the yellow star grass, the blue-eyed grass,
golden club and the dainty blue toad flax,
as well as a lovely pink locust and the
bay magnolia, with its fragrant blooms.
There are also two members of the
pulse family, with spikes of brilliant
yellow blooms, which persist in remain
ing unidentified. A little later on come
the gorgeous yellow flowers of the
trumpet pitcher plant, the pitchers often
growing twenty-four inches in length,
much larger than the common northern
variety which is found growing abund
antly in wet places here, and thrives so
well indoors.
To the flower lovers the field is a rich
one, fascinating because of its surprises,
and always there is consciousness of the
contrast of the flowers with the sereness
of the brown sedge grass and their har
mony with the glorious sunshine, giving
life new meaning to all who love out of
doors.
Secretary Been' Success.
William II. Beers, Secretary of the
American Golf Association of Adver
tising Interests, in which Pinehurst takes
both pride and interest because it had its
inception here, has assumed the adver
tising management of The Circle. The
new magazine will be published by the
Funk & Wagnalls Company, and the
first issue appears early in December.
Miss Olney's lectures.
Miss Elizabeth Olney, the Village Li
brarian, is consideiing requests for a
series of lectures along the lines of those
which proved so enjoyable last season.
She has not, however, decided definitely,
but it is hoped by many that a series upon
either history or literature will be given.
INTEIIEST Iff BIULIAIing.
"Match" Table at The Carolina If a
Hone Much to Awaken It.
Interest in billiards, always keen here,
has been given new impetus by the
addition of the "match" billiard table at
The Carolina. Hardly an evening passes,
during the season, without a game of
keen interest, for experts are attracted
from many parts of the country by this
feature.
Men and women fill the seats in the
spacious room, and as an entertainment
attraction, the table plays an important
part. One finds both men and women
playing here, and the youngster who,
during the play hour, does not tease for
a quarter for pool or billiards, is the ex
ception which proves the rule.
IBASE lIAI.lv H1VAIRY.
Early Intereat Assures Interesting"
Series of Games.
Early base ball indications assure an
interesting series of games, and two and
possibly three nines, in the local league.
These teams, together with outside visi
tors, will provide plenty of entertainment,
and the old-time friendly rivalry bids
fair to hold interest at high pitch.
A new base ball diamond has been laid
out near the hot houses, and Manager
Ed. Ellis is already looking over the ma
terial at hand and anticipating prelimi
nary warming up. As usual, contribu
tions to the base ball fund will be
acceptable, which may be sent to Man
ager Ellis, care of the Pinehurst General
Office.
Prof. Trer. Sharpe Iteturns.
Music lovers will learn with pleasure
of the return of Prof. Trev. Sharpe, who
has been in charge of the Village music
for many years, both at The Carolina and
The Holly Inn. He arrived with the
opening of The Inn, and has with him
the same high grade musicians who have
always made the music a delightful fea
ture of life here.
The special Sunday evening concerts,
have already begun, and as usual, every
week day is "hop night" when a request .
is made for dancing music, for Prof.
Sharpe enjoys watching others dance
almost as keenly a3 those upon the floor.
He believes, and rightly, that music
has two missions, and he plays both
classes not only equally well, but with a
sympathy and understanding of each;
just as one should regard the bright and
the sad side of life.
Howling- Interest Good.
Bowling interest is good and the alleys
are being kept busy. Numerous tourna
ment events will be held after the usual
custom, and there is talk of reorganiza
tion of the bowling league.
All Return.
Mrs. C. C. Stevick and Miss Laura
Agnes Walker, Manicurists, and Pho
tographer E. L. Merrow, all return
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