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SHRUBS 



Chap. 

 Calif. 



altitude; most are bushes, but B„repens 

 (Creeping Barberry) crawls low over 

 ground. All are lovely garden shrubs 

 with bronze-crimson, autumn leaves. 

 The wood is of a beautiful yellow color, 

 used by Spanish-Americans to make, 

 neck crosses (crucifixes). 



Juice of the fruit fermented with sug-' 

 ar makes an excellent wine; also a jelly, 

 made from the juice is very tart but^ 

 very good served with meat.. Berries 

 boiled in soup add flavor. Indians used 

 roots and bark for ulcers, sores and 

 as a tonic, also in a decoction for con- 

 sumption, heartburn and rheumatism./ 

 Bark and roots are made into a yellow dye. Leaves are chewed 

 for acne. Liquid from chewed root was placed on injuries and on 

 wounds, while cuts and bruises were washed with a root decoction. 

 Root tea was used as blood tonic, coigh medicine, and for kidneys. 



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S-6. CHAMISE, Adenos- 

 toma fasciculatum ; Rose 

 Fam. A spreading shrub, 

 2' -10' high, with slender, 

 wand - like branches and 

 graceful, pyramidal clus- 

 ters of white flowers in 

 June; fruits gray^ new bark 

 is reddish, turning gray 

 when old. It is quick to catch 

 fire due to resin in leaves. 

 If burned, the first year's 

 leaves are grazed by stock 

 and deer. Bees frequent the 

 blossoms for pollen; gold- 

 finches and woodrats eat the 

 seeds. 

 Indians used an infusion of bark and leaves as a cure for syphi- 

 lis; also an oil yielded by the plant was used for skin infections. 

 Sick cows find benefit from the plant by chewing on the leaves. 



The wood burns very quickly with a bright flame and supplies 

 quick heat for cooking. 



