maple-bushes

Updated: June 19, 2025

There is, too, more variety of bush and tree. In one such hedgerow leading from the copse the maple-bushes in spring were hung with the green flowers which, though they depend in their season from so many trees, as the oak, are perhaps rarely observed. The elder-bushes in full white bloom scented the air for yards around both by night and day; the white bloom shows on the darkest evening.

Richard Jefferies - Round About a Great Estate