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GOAT'S BEARD 



Spin/ui .Inouus. Rose Familv 



Stems: erect, bracled. Leaves: loniipetiolL-d, ijinnatc, ihrce-to-sevcii 

 foliolate ; leaHets ovate, lanceolate, thin, acute at the apex, rounded al 

 the base, sharply doubly serrate. Flowers: in Ion;;, slender, panicled 

 spikes, erect or spreading. 



This is another tail, shrub-like, ])erennial herb, placed in this 

 Section for greater convenience. It is quite unmistakable, as 

 it grows from three to ten feet high in the rich soil of the wet 

 valleys, and bears numerous long show\- ])lumes of closelv 

 clustered, minute, creamy flowers rising above its masses of 

 luxuriant strongly veined foliage. Thus the (}«)at's Ik'ard is 

 both decorative and conspicuous. The tinv flowers are formed 

 of a five-lobed calwx and fi\c i)etals, and the seeds are \erv 

 small and shining. 



SALMON-BERRY 



Rubus Nuikanus. Rose I'amily 



Erect, branched, verv slightly biistl\ . Leaves : jtctioled, sinii)le, cordate 

 at the base, three-to-tive lobed, the lobes acute, the middle one ."^liiiluly 

 longer than the others, all coarsely and unequally serrate. Flowers : white, 

 few, corymbose, terminal : caly.x-lobes tipped with a long slender appen- 

 dage. Fruit : depressed-hemispheric, edible, red when ripe. 



The five snow-white crinkled petals of the Salmon-berry 

 look verv frail and i)rett\- when seen amid the dense coarse 

 foliage of this large bushv shrub. The flower is formed like 

 a miniature white rose, and has numerous liny stamens .set 

 around the convex receinacle in which are inserleil the carjxds 

 that ultimatel\- ripen into drupelets and form an aggregate 

 red fruit. 



The Salmon-berry grows abundantly in the 



'* High-wooded hollows, where serenely rest 

 The lazy clouds, like giants in repose."' 



