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Fig. 58. — Wild Barberry (escaped) near Garner. 1, 2, 3, location of Bar- 



'^'^.'''"y. marked X- 4, Barberry hedge, next to grain field on the Hoag farm 

 (C. M. King.) 



Fio. 5 St.— Young wild (escaped) Barberry (Ucrhcrxs vuhjaris) in front of 

 prove. Hedden farm, Garner. Photographed by F. Fritsch, 1918. 



entirely from trees and bushes of all kinds, showing that trees 

 are not always necessary to scatter the seeds. I should judge that 

 most of these older wild plants have not been in these groves for 

 more than twenty-five years. Many of the plants were loaded with 

 fruit this year. 



