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seem to be jointed together around the stem. It was believed that an infusion of this plant would help mend broken bones.
My other early spring sighting was part of the forest understory. The little tree looked as if it, and it alone, had received a fall of feathery snow flakes. I call it Shadblow, but this tree has many common names.
This elegant tree, or small shrub, is a welcome sight because the blooms appear long before those of Dogwood, our traditional herald of early spring. It has masses of chalky white flowers about one inch across.
My common name refers to the belief that when the tree blooms, shad are swimming up river to spawn. This js translated into: It’s time to go fishing.
The origin and meaning of Service of Sarviceberry baffled me for years. In Vermont a few years ago a wise native told me that when death occurred in deep winter when the ground was frozen, the corpse could not be interred, the service held and “from dust to dust” read over the body. Bodies were stored above ground in vaults (often seen in many cemeteries in New England) until the blooming of the tree indicating that the earth was now free from frost and ready for the Service.
The same was true in the high mountains of Virginia where Sarvice is an Elizabethan spelling and pronunciation of service. My French is inadequate; I can neither pronounce nor translate the name of this lovely tree in Quebec. Of course I could just refer to this tree by its Latin name, Amelanchier. That would sound pretentious and, besides, Amelanchier is not nearly graceful enough for Shadblow.
Shadbush is in the Rose Family, or Rosaceae, along with blackberry, strawberry, peach, cherry, apple and pear and, of course, roses of all kinds. Indeed, the flowers of Shadbush look much like blackberry blossoms.
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