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XV.— The Brambles ^'^ 



257 The genus Rubus. Raspberries (key) : 258, descrip- 

 tion blank for raspberry; 259, the European raspberry de- 

 scribed ; 260, habitat and history of the European raspberry; 

 261 the American red raspberry described; 262, habitat and 

 history of the American red raspberry; 263, the black rasp- 

 berry described; 264, habitat and history of the black rasp- 

 berry; 265, purple raspberries compared with the parent 

 species- 266, history of purple raspberries. Blackberries: 

 "^h species of cultivated blackberries; 268, European black- 

 berry described; 269, habitat and history of the European 

 blackberry. Dewberries: 270, dewberries and blackberries 

 compared; 271, history of cultivated dewberries; 272, species 

 of dewberries. 



XYI. Currants and Gooseberries 187 



273, Saxifra^ace^ compared with Rosacea; 274, the genus 

 Ribes'(key): 275, pomological classification of currants and 

 gooseberries; 276, description blank for currant. Red Cur- 

 rants : 277, Ribes sativum described ; 278, habitat and history 

 of the Sativum currant; 279, Ribes rubrum described; 280, 

 habitat and history of the Rubrum currants; 281, Ribes 

 petr^um described; 282, habitat and history of the Petr^eum 

 currants. The Golden currant: 283, Ribes odor atum de- 

 scribed. Black currants: 284, Ribes nigrum described; 285, 

 habitat and history of the black currant. Gooseberries : 286, 

 Ribes hirtellum described; 287, habitat and history ot R. hir- 

 tellum; 288, little-known species of American gooseberries; 

 289, Ribes Grossularia described; 290, habitat of R. Grossu- 

 laria; 291, history of the European gooseberry. 



XVII. — The Heath-Fruits 1^'^ 



'^92 Common names of fruits in Vaccinium and Gaylus- 

 sac"ia;'293, the genus Vaccinium described; 294, distribution 

 of Vaccinium; 295, Vaccinium macrocarpon, the large cran- 

 berry, described; 296, habitat of the large cranberry; 29 ^ his- 

 tory of cranberry culture; 298, Vaccinium Oxycoccus the 

 small cranberry, described; 299, blueberries and huckleber- 

 ries. Blueberries: 300, Vaccinium corymbosum the high 

 blueberry, described; 301, habitat of the high blueberry; 302, 

 pomological characters of the high blueberry; 303 ^^accmium 

 pennsvlvanicum, the low blueberry, described; 304, habitat ot 

 the low blueberry; 305, pomological characters of the low 

 blueberry. Huckleberries: 306, botanical characters ot 

 huckleberries; 307, pomological characters of huckleberries. 



XYIII.— The Strawberries ^^^ 



308, The genus Fragaria described ; 309, the Virginia straw- 

 berry described; 310, habitat of the Virgmian strawberry; 



