CHAPTER VIIL 



BULLBERRY, OR BUFFALOBERRY. 



^ULLBERRY, or BUFFALO-BERRY (ShepJierdia argentea). 

 ,^^ This plant is found abundantly along the river banks and 

 coulees of the Dakotas, Montana, Wyoming and Idaho, though 

 but sparingly, if at all, in Minnesota or the more eastern and cen- 

 tral states, yet it grows freely and fruits abundantly in all the 

 northern states. (Fig. 47.) 



Fig. 47.— Foliage and fruit of Buffalo-berry; oce-half natural size. 

 A, Fruit natural size. 



Description.— A small tree or shrub with light colored foli- 

 age and young growth and opposite leaves. The flowers and fruit 

 are clustered near the base of the small branchlets on spurs on 

 very short stems. The plants are dioecious, i. e., one has pistillate 

 and the other staminate flowers, so that it is necessary to have 

 both kinds near together in order to get fruit. The flowers appear 



