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WILD FLOWERS AND FRUITS 



Dangleberry {Gaylussacia jrondosa). Heath family. 

 Max. ht. 6 ft. ; leaves egg-shaped to oblong, pale, 

 with bloom beneath. Fruit large blue berry with 

 whitish bloom, sweet and edible, in loose slender 

 clusters. Midsummer. 



High-bush Blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum). 

 Heath family. 

 Tall shrub; leaves alternate. Fruit a sweet edible 

 berry. Midsummer. 



Fig. 83. 



Solomon's seal {Polygonatum biflorum). 



3. Plants under 3 ft. 



Low Blueberry (Vaccinium vacillans). Heath family. 

 Max. ht. 4 ft. ; leaves inversely egg-shaped or oval, 

 blunt-pointed at both ends. Fruit large blue 

 berry, sweet and edible. Summer, early autumn. 



Blue Cohosh {Caulophylliim thalictroides) . Barberry fam. 

 Max. ht. 2^ ft.; leaves thrice compound; leaflets 

 inversely egg-shaped, lobed. Fruit bluish, berry- 

 like, in terminal clusters. 



