USEFUL WILD PLANTS 



berry (Shepherdia argentea, Nutt.) is at home. In 

 the journals of travelers in the upper plains two or 

 three generations ago, no bush is more often men- 



BUFFALO-BERRY 



(Shepherdia argentea) 



tioned than this. By the French voyageurs and en- 

 gages it was called graisse de hoeuf, that is, ''beef 

 fat, ' ' which seems in harmony with the story I have 

 read that the name Buffalo-berry is derived from the 



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