SMOOTH SUMACH (Rhus glabra, Linn.). Growing in the same situations as the staghorn sumach, and everywhere east of the Rocky Mountains, this well-known shrub is distin guished by its smooth leaves, which instead of velvet, wear a whitish bloom, like that on grapes and plums. Clean-cut, dainty, and brilliantly colored, in autumn this is one of the most beautiful of the sumachs. The red, erect fruit pyra
mids are the only hairy parts of the tree. The nutlets are pleasantly acid, and when unripe are used to make a bever age like lemonade. Infusions of berries, bark, and leaves 2.re used, too, in the treatment of fevers, as a home remedy.