RUBUS VILLOSUS. 
Tall Blackberry. 
PLATE XXXVI. 
Tue family of shrubs comprized under the 
term Kubus, including the various species of 
Raspherry, Blackberry, Dewherry, &c. is exten- 
sively diffused throughout the United States. 
Many of them are known as troublesome bram- 
bles, a few are unarmed, and a certain number 
are nearly herbaceous. Some are distinguished. 
by the elegance of their flowers, and others by 
the deliciousness of their fruit. The Rubus vyil- 
losus is one of the most common and interesting 
species. It abounds among the brushwood of 
neglected fields and pastures, about fences and 
_ the borders of woods, from the Eastern to the 
Southern states. Being of rapid growth, it is 
frequently troublesome to the farmer by spread- 
