Identifier: howtoknowwild00pete (
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How to know wild fruits; a guide to plants when not in flower by means of fruit and leafYear:
1905 (
1900s)Authors:
Peterson, Maude Gridley, b. 1871Subjects:
Plants Fruit LeavesPublisher:
New York, MacmillanContributing Library:
The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical GardenDigitizing Sponsor:
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view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.Text Appearing Before Image:d bark are astringent. In 234 HOW TO KNOW WILD FEUITS Belgium and in other parts of Europe, the smalltwigs are powdered and used for tanning leather.The juice of the berries is used in dyeing. Thisis a hardy shrub from six to eight feet high. Ithas been naturalized from Europe. It is oftenused for hedges. Some of its old English namesare Primwort, Skedge, and Skedgwith. Privet is reported growing on the walls ofCologne Cathedral, the seeds obviously havingbeen deposited there by bird agencies. BLACK OR GARDEN NIGHTSHADE Solanum nigrum Potato Family Fruit. — Smallish, black, globular berries growin drooping clusters from the side of the stems.Their pedicels are slender, and the five-partedcalyx is at the base. The berries are smoothand contain many thin, flat seeds. Leaves. — The ovate leaves usually have oneside which is slightly longer than the other.They are wavy-toothed, thin, and have thinstems. Flowers. — The five-lobed white flowers growin lateral clusters. July-September.Text Appearing After Image:Black Nightshade (Solarium nigrum)235 236 MOW TO KNOW WILD FHUtTS By the roadside and in waste places, the BlackNightshade occasionally appears. It is a ratherlow spreading annual. AMERICAN ELDER. SWEET ELDER Sambucus Canadensis Honeysuckle Family Fruit. — Large, full, flat, drooping clusters ofpurplish or almost black drupes grow at the endsof the branches. Usually, five small nutlets andpurplish juice are the contents of each fruit.The calyx teeth and stigma are visible at thesummit. August, September. Leaves. — The compound leaves are opposite.Their five to eleven leaflets grow on short stems,and are oblong or ovate. They are coarsely andsharply toothed, the teeth sometimes hooked.The under surface is lighter than the upper, andhairy. The tip is acute and the base rounded,acute, or heart-shaped. Floivers. — The small, whitish, fragrant flowersgrow in a flat compound cyme. In July, this blossoming shrub delights boththe sense of sight and that of smell as one passesalong the rNote About Images 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 work.