WHITE 



CLOUD-BERRY. BAKED APPLE BERRY. 



Rubiis Chamcemorus. Rose Family. 



Stem. — Low, simple. Leaves. — Two or three ; roundish kidney-shaped; 

 usually somewhat five-lobed, finely toothed, wrinkled. Floiver. — Solitary ; 

 white. Calyx. — Five-parted. Corolla. — Of five white obovate petals. 

 Fruit. — A berry of a few reddish or amber-colored grains ; edible. 



This quaint pretty little plant I have found springing from 

 beds of golden brown sphagnum, on one of the Cranberry Isl- 

 ands, off Mount Desert. Gray assigns it to the "highest peaks 

 of White Mountains, coast of eastern Maine, and north and west 

 to the Arctic regions." It is one of the plants which is found in 

 Alaska, as well as along our own coast. 



COMMON BLACKBERRY. HIGH BLACKBERRY. 



Rubiis villosHS. Rose Family. 



A shrub one to six feet high, armed with stout prickles. Leaves. — Di- 

 vided into three to five leaflets. Flowers. — With five-parted calyx; five 

 petals; numerous stamens and pistils. Fruit. — Black. 



Though the common blackberry seems almost too well known 

 to need description, yet occasionally its flowers arouse some 

 doubt and curiosity in the mind of the wanderer along those 

 country lanes, where its blossoming branches form so beautiful 

 and luxuriant a border. 



RUNNING SWAMP BLACKBERRY. 



Rtibiis hispidus. Rose Family. 



Stems. — Slender; creeping; beset with small, weak prickles. L^eaves. — 

 Divided into three, or rarely five, leaflets. Flowo's. — With five-parted 

 calyx; five white petals; numerous stamens and pistils. Fi-iiit. — Nearly 

 black when ripe, of few grains. 



Over the mosses in the swamp the running swamp blackberry 

 trails its reddish stems with their thick, smooth, shining leaves, 

 and in e'.rly summer their white flowers. A few weeks later we 



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