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neath, three on the bearing canes and five on the young canes. The 

 clusters are few-flowered, opening from the center outward. The fruit 

 is roundish and of excellent quality. The species is found in sandy 

 woods from southern New York and Pennsylvania to Florida, and 

 west to Louisiana and Missouri. 



This species is represented in cultivation by the Topsy, or Child's 

 Tree blackberry. 



** Stems trailing; propagating naturally by tips. 



Rubus canadensis Linn. — Dewberry; Low Blackberry. — This 

 plant has shrubby, long, trailing stems, sparsely and lightly prickly. 

 The leaflets are three as a rule, both on the bearing canes and young 

 canes. The clusters are few flowered, opening from within outward, 

 the lower flowers borne on long stems so that they are nearly even 

 with the center one. These flower-stalks may be slightly fuzzy but 

 are not glandular. This habit of the flower-cluster, opening from 

 within outward, is one of the chief distinguishing features between 

 this species and Rubus villosus, which blooms from below upward as 

 a rule. The fruit resembles the blackberry, though ripening earlier. 

 It appears to be variable in quality, in some cases surpassing the 

 blackberry, in others being inferior. The species is found from 

 Newfoundland to Virginia, and westward to eastern Kansas and cen- 

 tral Minnesota. 



This species, with its botanical varieties, forms the foundation type 

 to which most of our cultivated dewberries belong. It is one of the 

 most recent members of the family to make its acquaintance in our 

 gardens, and it is yet almost too soon to predict what its future will 

 be. It has received widely varying reports, in some cases giving good 

 satisfaction to the grower, in others proving a failure. We shall 

 doubtless reap better results with it w^lien we come to know it better. 

 Tlie species proper is represented in cultivation by the Windom, Lu- 

 cretia's Sister, and Geer. 



Var. roribaccus Bailey. — This is the botanical name given to the 

 Lucretia dewberry. It is a stronger plant, with wedge-ovate jagged 

 leaflets, long flower-stalks, and large flowers. The sepals are also 

 large and leaf-like, often an inch long. It is said to grow wild in 

 West Virginia. 



Var. invisus liailey. — In this form the stems are stout and stiff, often 



