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the cemetery. A Mr. Kenyon was in the nursery business in Mc- 

 Gregor for many years. His daughter, Mrs. Jesse K. Nagel of 

 Seattle, Washington, writes me as follows: "I cannot tell you what 

 variety of barberry my father grew, but remember that it was about 



Fig. 68. — Barberry hedge, Clermont, showing wild plants along the highway. 

 (C. M. King.) 



as tall as the fence in front of the yard, that it had a leaf with a 

 rough edge ; that the berries hung in clusters similar to currants ; 

 that they were a very bright red, with a flat seed, and that they hung 

 on the bushes after the leaves had dropped. We had a hedge of 

 these bushes about thirty-five years ago. I do not know of his 

 having distributed them." 



