Snowberry

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Snowberry (Symphoricarpus) - The common Snowberry (S. racemosus) is a familiar shrub, but we would exclude it from a choice selection; also the Wolf Berry (S. occidentalis), and S. vulgaris, the Coral Berry, or Indian Currant, which has small purplish berries in clusters. The flowers of these kinds are not showy, their growth is coarse, and they smother choicer things. Their chief value is for undergrowth in woods, or for ornamental covert (as birds eat the berries), and they will flourish anywhere. If admitted to the garden the clumps should be cut to the ground every spring to encourage young free-flowering shoots, and the roots trimmed deeply with a spade to prevent their spreading unduly.



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