The Shrubs of Wyoming. 31 



clusters of rounded flower buds" ; the fruit-bearing or female 

 plants "by the smaller, flattened, fewer, more slender flower 

 buds." If planted for its fruit, both sterile and fruit-bearing 

 plants should be set out, otherwise no fruit will be produced. 

 It may be grown from seed or multiplied by means of cutting 

 and by sprouts from the roots. 



Canadian Buffalo-berry (Lepargyraea Canadensis (L.) 

 Greene). 



A low, depressed shrub, one to several feet high, with brown- 

 dotted and scurfy young twigs, and oval leaves which are green 

 above, silvery-scurfy and brown-dotted beneath. It has a red 

 berry which is bitter to the taste and of no value for culinary 

 purposes. 



This low spreading shrub is common on wooded hillsides and 

 on the borders of bogs. It is low and of a spreading habit of 

 growth, bearing very little resemblance to the buffalo-berry. 



Silver Berry (Hleagnus argentea Pursh). 



An unarmed shrub, 4 to 12 feet high, with shining, silvery- 

 scurfy foliage and brown-dotted young twigs. The leaves are 

 oval or oblong, larger and broader than those of the buffalo- 

 berry. It has dry, mealy, one-seeded berries, silvery-gray on 

 the surface. 



The silver berry is found in the northern and western parts 

 of the state, occurring on bluffs and bench-land adjacent to 

 streams. On account of the grayish color of the plant and its 

 shining foliage, the shrub is striking in appearance and very 

 desirable as an ornamental. 



