USEFUL WILD PLANTS 



The Silky Cornel {Cornus sericea, L.) 

 a shrub of wet situations, with purplish 

 branches — these and the underleaf surfaces 

 silky with hairs — and flattish clusters of 

 small white flowers in early summer, suc- 

 ceeded in autumn by pale blue berries ; 



The Eed-osier Dog^vood {Cornus stoloni- 

 fera, Michx.), somewhat similar to the 

 above, but less hairy and fewer-flowered, 

 the berries whitish, the branches smooth and 

 brightly reddish, the plant spreading by 

 running suckers; 



The Bear-berry {Arctostaphylos Uva- 

 ursi, Spreng.), a trailing, evergreen vine, 

 with little, urn-shaped, white flowers in 

 spring, and crimson, dryish, astringent ber- 

 ries in autumn, affecting rocky or sandy 

 soil; 



The Sumac, especially Rhus glabra, L., 

 with smooth, pinnate leaves and smooth 

 twigs. 



In the case of the first two plants, the scraped, 

 inner bark w^as the part availed of; in that of the 

 last two, the leaves. The foliage also of Manzanita 

 and Arrow-wood (species of Vihiirniun) sometimes 



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