| Several days were then spent learning how to sew the porcupine quills into decorative motifs on the clothing and attaching the silverberry seeds to the fringes. |
| Some of these plants used in last researches are poplar, pine, palm, silverberry, fig, ash, apple, birch, ailanthus, elder, oak and acacia. |
| One such is the silverberry, Elaeagnus argentea, a shrub of northern N. America, especially the Hudson's Bay region, which bears edible fruits. |
| The Japanese name for autumn olive is aki-gumi, meaning ''autumn silverberry,'' and it refers to the ripening period and the silvery flecking found also on the fruits. |
| If you are unfamiliar with the silverberry, you may walk right by it, wondering at the mysterious source of the delightful scent which bewitches your nostrils. |
