VTinne^nfi Plant Life. 



' tlie ac r zinc, maue into concen- 



■ '■ ' .mi a cloth or spo"^ • '' 



is also a specific. 

 g sumacs are^. from their brilHant 



itiiul shrubs of the Minnesota copses 



v^..,onOUS \'?i'i(^lip, (In nrif Qlnriw tlic virli 



C 



>ii.- 





i ;S £; ^ relatives. 



g',^lif. sort of holly bush is not uncommon in the 



staij(jj, '. • 'I ^iirub, usually six to twelve feet in height in IMin- 

 rujg'i^. \ :.li leaves shaped like plum leaves, but rather thick, 

 ■:3.^ lid smooth above, turning black in autumn. Hence 



tl c*5' B.- : -ometimes called black alder. In late autumn, chis- 

 :ei^ o . « lone-fruits, spherical in shape, are found at the bases 

 of ^* . The flowers are of two sorts, staminate flov/ers 



''c\:"jil md perfect flowers with both stame; 



g «.; ' ' variety of holly h<t 



5 cr '' but its stone-ti;,it.. <w. .^..^ 



•'"r smaller. Another kind of holly, 



1 stone-fruits or capsules and 



ii the southeastern part 



■ U' X ■ 'ves '1. -le frr.it !iprve 



3 c V-' swam, n- 



cv c 



B u> 

 C 85 



tha| are near by, and avoid them. 



^•S oi bitter- 



S — .vj . , ...... ...,..,.- ,., Minnesota. 



^ g: ;^vining: vine, often climbing up the trunks 



oiili trees in the woods and displaying its stem along their 

 § g^es twenty ' more from the ground. The leaves 



a ^ vn-itf pii.i ■ )iiif\',hat like plum leaves. The flow- 



g" . mature their fruits as orangc- 



:in inch or less in diameter. 

 t*-; clefts in autumn and show a 



b » 



imes known also as burn- 

 feet in height in Min- 



