146 THE FOREST TREE CULTURIST. 
ornamental in appearance, especially in autumn, when 
loaded with its small, red, currant-like fruit, which is acid 
bat quite agreeable. They are highly prized by many 
persons for tarts, pies, etc. The seeds grow very readily 
if planted in autumn. It forms a dense, large shrub; or 
if the lower branches are removed, it will grow from 
twenty to thirty feet high. 
There is a small variety—S. Canadensis—which is found 
in some parts of the Northern States, usually along the ~ 
more northern portions; but it is only a small shrub, with 
very insipid fruit. 
The Shepherdias are what is termed by botanists dice- 
‘cious plants—that is, one tree bears pistillate flowers and 
produces fruit; the other staminate flowers, and hears no 
fruit, but fertilizes the pistillate flowers; therefore to have 
trees produce fruit, it is necessary to have the (wo kinds 
in the san.e garden, and if in close proximiy, all the 
better. 
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