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Fig. 64. — ^Wild (escaped) Barberry (Berbcris vulgaris), McGregor, branches 

 loaded with fruit, goldenrod and asters growing with it. Photographed by 

 Fryklund, McGregor, 1918. 



which had sprung up from the original hedge in the hopes of finding 

 an old root which might aid us some in determining the age of the 

 hedge, but all the original is decayed. I find that this hedge was 

 planted between 1869 and 1872, and that the plants came from New 



