THE HACKBKRRY (Ccliis ocruienialis) 



The loaf ha 



three midribs instead of one, and many swollen, reticulated veins 

 the solitary axillary fertile flowers. The staminate flowers cluster at the base of tlie twii; 

 dark purple in late September and hang all winter, to the delight of the birds. Strange. 

 trunks and limbs. The second trunk is of the smaller species, Cellos Mississippiensi'. The tl 



Xnte tlie wide-spreading stigmas •( 



Tlie sweet, i-seeded berries ripen lo 



warty excrescences are on the bark of 



ird is var. reticulata of the latter species 



