20 



SHRUBS 



Str. Wd. 



Ore. 

 Calif. 



OWETR-S 



hite: 



OR 

 PINK 



Chap. 



MCF 



Oak 



Most States 



tea to cure colds; also they peeled the bark, scraped the inner lay- 

 er, then dried and boiled it for lung trouble. The powdered young 

 plant, stirred in water, was used as a laxative. Spanish-Ameri- 

 cans hung branch on bed to discourage bedbugs. 



S-9. CALIFORNIA 



WILD ROSE, Rosa cali- 

 fornica. A scraggly bush, 

 3-6' high. Grows along 

 stream and river banks; 

 pretty, light pink flowers, 

 bright red hips (or fruit). 

 Father Font of the Anza 

 Expedition speaks of ga- 

 thering and eating them 

 right from the bush. Rich 

 in Vitamin A and C, 



Indians made a tea 

 from the tender root 

 shoots for colds; seeds were cooked for muscular pains; leaves and 

 hips steeped and drunk for pains and colics. The old straight wood 

 was used for arrow shafts. Spanish-Californians made jelly from 

 the ripe fruit and ate hips raw from the bush. After the first frost 

 softened the hips, the leaves and petals were astringent and used 



in perfume. Petals, pep- 

 j' I r^Nv ,-^-S^^-^ permint, lemon peels and 



linden leaves made into a 

 tea for arthritis or dys- 

 pepsia^ petals also said to 

 help dissolve gallstones. 



S-10. CHOKECHERRY, 

 Prunus demissa. 3-8' high 

 shrub, with 3-10 white 

 flowers in short clusters; 

 berries bright red or pur- 

 ple. Extensive thickets. 



Inner bark used by In- 

 dians as a tonic to check 

 diarrhea and to relieve 

 nervousness. A decoction 



