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bearing hairs, which continue up the footstalk and along the 

 mid-rib and principal nerves, on the under surface of the leaf, 

 ahd thickly invest the flower-stalk and calyx. Five principal 

 nerves give the soft and woolly leaf 5 lobes, which have large, 

 unequal teeth. The globular, unopened buds are crowned with 

 a tassel from the 5 long points of the calyx. The flowering is 

 what is called centrifugal, the bud at the end of the main stem 

 opening first. The petals are 5, large, purple, crumpled, soon 

 fading in the sunshine. The fruit is flattish, red, pleasant, 

 though less agreeable than that of the true raspberry. It is 

 much cultivated for its beauty. Should be planted in a shady 

 place. 



The wild Red Raspberry, R. slrigosus, not inferior to the 

 cultivated, and very nearly like it, and the High Blackberry, 

 R. villdsus, and R. frondosus, and some varieties of the Low 

 Blackberry, R. Canadensis, of Torrey and Gray, are delicious 

 and wholesome fruits. They differ much in different localities. 

 This circumstance is worthy of consideration with those who 

 mean to attempt to improve these fruits by cultivation. The 

 variety of High Blackberry found at Fall River and around 

 Buzzard's Bay, is superior to any that I have tasted, in the 

 vicinity of Boston. And every one who has tasted, remembers 

 the superior flavor of the wild Raspberry of Maine. The Thim- 

 bleberry, R. occidental in, is an inferior fruit; but has been, in 

 some instances, much improved by cultivation. The Bristly 

 Blackberry, R. setbsus of Bigelow, R. hispidus of T. and G., 

 and R. sempervirens of Bigelow is of little interest. 



3. THE ROSE TRIBE, ROSEM, in which numerous nut-like seeds 

 cover the fleshy lining of the urn-shaped calyx-tube, — contains the true Roses, 

 Rosa, L., of which 144 distinct species are described by De Candolle. 



Four species of wild rose are common in the eastern part of 

 Massachusetts : — the Early Wild Rose, R. lucida, Ehrenberg, 

 with very numerous varieties, found every where, mostly in 

 dry places, and flowering in May and June ; the Swamp Rose, 

 R. Carolina, L., coming in flower as the last goes out, and con- 

 tinuing into August ; found rarely except in wet ground, and 

 distinguished by the softness and paleness of its foliage ; the 



