. Common edible and useful plants of the West. Plants, Edible -- West (U. S. ); Botany, Economic; Botany -- West (U. S. ). 18 SHRUBS Chap. Calif. altitude; most are bushes, but B„repens (Creeping Barberry) crawls low over ground. All are lovely garden shrubs with bronze-crimson, autumn leaves. The wood is of a beautiful yellow color, used by Spanish-Americans to make, neck crosses (crucifixes). Juice of the fruit fermented with sug-' ar makes an excellent wine; also a jelly, made from the juice is very tart but^ very good served with Berries boiled in soup add flavor. Indians used roots
. Common edible and useful plants of the West. Plants, Edible -- West (U. S. ); Botany, Economic; Botany -- West (U. S. ). 18 SHRUBS Chap. Calif. altitude; most are bushes, but B„repens (Creeping Barberry) crawls low over ground. All are lovely garden shrubs with bronze-crimson, autumn leaves. The wood is of a beautiful yellow color, used by Spanish-Americans to make, neck crosses (crucifixes). Juice of the fruit fermented with sug-' ar makes an excellent wine; also a jelly, made from the juice is very tart but^ very good served with Berries boiled in soup add flavor. Indians used roots and bark for ulcers, sores and as a tonic, also in a decoction for con- sumption, heartburn and Bark and roots are made into a yellow dye. Leaves are chewed for acne. Liquid from chewed root was placed on injuries and on wounds, while cuts and bruises were washed with a root decoction. Root tea was used as blood tonic, coigh medicine, and for fL0WER5 WHITE S-6. CHAMISE, Adenos- toma fasciculatum; Rose Fam. A spreading shrub, 2'-10' high, with slender, wand - like branches and graceful, pyramidal clus- ters of white flowers in June; fruits gray^ new bark is reddish, turning gray when old. It is quick to catch fire due to resin in leaves. If burned, the first year's leaves are grazed by stock and deer. Bees frequent the blossoms for pollen; gold- finches and woodrats eat the seeds. Indians used an infusion of bark and leaves as a cure for syphi- lis; also an oil yielded by the plant was used for skin infections. Sick cows find benefit from the plant by chewing on the leaves. The wood burns very quickly with a bright flame and supplies quick heat for Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Sweet, Muriel. Healdsburg, Calif. : Naturegraph Co.
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