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Show Lewis tt1ul Cla1·kc's ~;~pcuilion ple,, branching, reclining, aml part.iaJJy fluxuosc, willa :1 bark wJ1ich, on the elder J»art, is of a J•cddish brown colour, 1vhile the younger branches arc a·cd where exposed to the sun, aml grc~n elsewhere. The leaf is t.l&l'<'C fom·ths of an inch in length. and two and a half in breadth; or an oval fo1·m; the upper disk bf a glossy dcq, gt·ecn, the under of a, I>alc green; the fruit is a deep purple lH.'l'I'Y, about the size of a common black che&·ry, oval, and rathct· bluntly pointed; the llericarp is divided into five acute angulat· point , and ~nvclops a soft 1mlp, containing a great uumber of smalJ brown seed • 2. The sol me is a small, Jmlc, r<"l bcrrJ. the production of a }tlant, rcscmbl ing in size mad shape that "hich proc.Juccs the fa•uit, called in the Unit.c<l States, Solomon's sealberry. The betTy is attachc<l io the stem in the same mannet ·. His of a glol.mlaa· form~ containing a soft pulp, wl1ich envelops four seeds about the si'l.:c of the serd of tl1c common small gr'apc. It grows amougst the woodland moss, nnd is, to all appearance, an annualjJlant. s. 'l'hc cranu"&'ry is oflhe low and Yin~ kind, and grows in the tmu·shes or bogs of this ncighlwur·hood: it is prcci ely the same as the cranlH'rry of the United States. ~. 'l'hc r .. uit, which, though rather l:u·gcl', rcscmuJcs in slmJtC tJ,c hlaek haw, is a light brown l.>cl'l'J', tltc ft•uit ofn. tt·ec about the si7.c, shape, antl appcaraucc in cve1·y respect, of' that of the trnh~d • tates, ealJcd f he wild c&·ah-apple. 'l'hc leaf is also pl'ecisely the same, as al so I he bark 'n texture anti <•olo111·. 'l'hc bciTies grow in cJumps at the end of the sm:.lJ ht·anf•)l(•s; each berry suppoa·tcd hy a separate stem, ami <~ !'1 uta.uy as f1·om Lht·cc to <>jghf,ccn OJ' twenty in a clum}l: tht• IJrJ·t·y is ovate. with one of it~ extremities attached to a pcdunf·lc, wlaea·c it is to a small dcf.!'I'CC concave, the wood of ·::> whi<'la is rxc(~ssiYdy hard. 'i'he natives make their wedges oft hi:.-. woorl, in !o>plitting IJwjr bo:u·(ls, their .firewood, and in ltollo\1 Htg out their canoes; thr wc(lge when da·iven into solid dry l•inc, recciyc~ nflt tho slightrf't jnjm•y; Onr pa1·ty Up the JUisso~J·i. 153 matlc use of it likewise ror wedges and axe-handles. The fruit is exceedingly acid, and resembles the flavour of the wild c•·ab. r.rhc pcricarp or the bcny contains a soft pulpy substance, divided into four cells, each containing a single sccc.l; the outer coat of the pcricarp, is a thin smootb though fil'ln and tough pellicle. 'fhc plant callecl saeacommis by the Canadian 'traders, tiCI·ives its natnc from this cit·eumstancc: that the clerks of the tradiug comJ>anics arc generally ' 'cry fond of smoking Hs Icavc:s, wltit•h thry carry about with them in a small bag. It grows gcncl'ally in an open piny woodla.tul country, or on its bol'(lrrs. \V c {ound this berry in the prairies bordering on the Rocky mountains, ot· in the mot·c open woo<llamls. It is imliscrlminately the growth of a very rieh or a very poor soil, and is found iu the same abundance in both. The na· tivcs on the western side of the Rocky mountains arc very fond ol' this bCL·•·y, although to us it was a vea·y tasteless and insipid ft·uit: the sh1·tllJ is an evergreen, and retaiu~ it~ verdure in the same perfection the 'vholc season round. IIoweverinclement t1ac climate, the root puts forth a gt·cat number of stems which separate neat· the surface or tbe ground, each stem ft·om the size ol' a small quill to that of a man's fingci': these al'e much ht·anclwd, the llf'anclaes forming an acute angle with the stem, and all mot·e propedy procumbent than Cl'CC}ling: although it sometimes puts fot·tb radiclcs fl'om the stems aml bt·anchcs, whith strike olJliqucly into the g•·ound: these radiclcs arc by no means general or eqoablc in thcit· distanC('S from each other, nor do they appear calculated to fm·nish nutriment 1o the t>lant: the bark is lormc<l ol' several Jayet·s of a smooth, thin, brittle and reddish substance easily sepat·ated f1·om the stem: the leaves with rcsllC<•t to their position arc scattered, yet closely arrange< l, and IJarti~ulal'ly neat· the extremities of the twigs: the leaf' is ahout three fourths Qf an inch in length; oval, :pointed and obtuse; of a deep green, slightly g~ooved; and I he footstalk i!'t of pt·oportionaulc length: the berry is at:. \' 01,, lT , X |