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The wild barberry on the Jeremiah Orr place, Postville, was un- 

 doubtedly carried to the place by birds. Mr. Orr never planted it 

 and he has lived on the place for sixty years. There was a wild 

 apple approaching the Hyslop crab near it. The wild plants carried 



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Fig. 71 — Lowry place, Montpelier, wild Barberry. The Barberry near the 

 house is the original hedge, the Barberry next to the highway and woods is 

 escaped. Individual oaks and walnuts near the house marked by circle. 



Fig. 72. — The original hedge planting of Barberry (Berbe7-is vulgaris) on the 

 Lowry place near Montpelier. The height may be judged by the men standing 

 alongside of the hedge. Photographed by A. L. Parrman, 1918. 



by birds at McGregor and Postville were Rubus villosus, Rhus 

 glabra, Primus virginiayia, P. scrotina and Rhus Toxicodendron. 

 The soil at Postville was yellow clay, at McGregor clay and lime- 

 stone rock. 



