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Snowberry. Symplioricarpos racemosus. 



Found in blossom from June to September. 



A shrub about 3 or 4 feet high, with a woody, branching stem, 

 covered with a smooth bark ; that of the old growth gray-brown in 

 color, of the new growth, golden-brown. 



The broadly oval leaf has an entire, somewhat wavy, margin, a 

 smooth surface, and dry texture. It is in color a dark grayish-green, 

 lighter beneath. The leaves grow in pairs, on short stems. 



The small bell-shaped flower is 5-tipped, and filled within with 

 white woolly hairs ; it is rose-colored, running into white. The corolla 

 sits on top of the little, round, green calyx, which develops into a large, 

 juicy, waxen white berry. The flowers and berries grow in a close 

 terminal spike, gradually weighed down by the enlarging berries. 



Both berries and blossoms occur on the same spike. The Snow- 

 berry was largely cultivated by our foremothers in their house yards, 

 and is still common about old houses. 



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