SHRUBS 



yolks of hard-boiled eggs, 

 then boiling with milk and 

 sugar. 



S-21. SCARLET SU- 

 MAC, Rhus glabra^ Sumac 

 Fam, A large shrub or 

 small tree, with fern-like 

 leaves, greenish flowers 

 and bunches of red fruit 

 which contain malic acid. 

 The dried ripe fruit is 

 slightly sour, astringent 

 and diuretic (increasing a 

 flow of urine). 



Indians crushed the fruit to make a drink and also dried berries 

 for winter use. The split bark and stems were used in basket 

 making. They gathered leaves after turning red for smoking and 

 roots for a yellow dye. A poultice was made of bruised leaves and 



fruit and applied to the skin for skin diseases. 



S-22, SQUAW BUSH or 

 SKUNK BUSH, Rhus trilo- 

 bata. 2' -7' high bush, of 

 rocky foothills. Pale yel- 

 low flowers appear before 

 leaves; berries red and 

 hairy. 



Parkinson (1640) writes 

 about genus that both Pliny 

 and Dioscorides say: "A 

 decoction of leaves or seed 

 made with vinegar and a ^^^^^ 

 little honey is quite good Oak 

 against gangrene or can- 

 kers. Juice taken out of 

 leaves by boiling them in water and, after they are strained, boil 

 them again with some honey. Helps the roughness of tongue and 

 throat. Decoction of green leaves makes the hair black. Plant 

 is much used in wardrobes, chests, etc. to keep out moths -, " 



Brooks Botany says its astringent properties made it useful in 

 tanning leather. Indians powdered berries, making a lotion used 



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