. The Americana; a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc., of the world. ^S^^^^fe TONE BREAKWATER, SHOWING TOP ANGLE Copyright by the Scicntitic A iricrican. THE CONCRETE BREAKWATER. BUFFALO BERRY— BUFFALO GRASS mesticated in Abyssinia. The Indian buffalo isalso employed in marshy farming districts inTurkey, Hungary, Italy, and Spain, where it isable to work in ground too wet and soft forthe other cattle, and to pasture upon coarse,marsh grasses. Its hide makes good leather, andits milk is exc
. The Americana; a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc., of the world. ^S^^^^fe TONE BREAKWATER, SHOWING TOP ANGLE Copyright by the Scicntitic A iricrican. THE CONCRETE BREAKWATER. BUFFALO BERRY— BUFFALO GRASS mesticated in Abyssinia. The Indian buffalo isalso employed in marshy farming districts inTurkey, Hungary, Italy, and Spain, where it isable to work in ground too wet and soft forthe other cattle, and to pasture upon coarse,marsh grasses. Its hide makes good leather, andits milk is excellent, and is greatly used in In-dia for the making of the semi-fluid buttercalled ghee. Buflfalo-berry (SliephcrJin argcntca), anAmerican shrub of the natural order Elccag-nacccr, cultivated in the Western plains regionfor its edible berries, and planted for hedges,wind-breaks, and ornament to some extent else-where. The plant, which is sometimes tree-form, attains a height of about i8 feet, hasthorny stems, small, silvery foliage, yellowishdensely fascicled dicecious flowers at thenodes, and globular, one-seeded, yellow or redtart fruits, about the size of currants. Thoughintroduced into cultiva
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