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WILD FLOWERS AND FRUITS 



D ANGLES ERRY (Gaylussacio, frondosa). 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 biftorum). 



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 (Caulophyllum thalictroides} . Barberry fam. 

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

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

 like, in terminal clusters. 



