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after the strawberry, and consoling us for the departure of that 

 " best berry which the Lord ever made." 



Wild raspberries grow in rocky land, up hillsides, along fence- 

 rows, in all the Eastern States. 



44. High Blackberry 



R. villosus. — Color, white. Leaves, of 3 to 5 leaflets; when 

 5, radiating from a common centre. Leaflets pointed, toothed, 

 ovate, stalked, the terminal ones more or less heart-shaped, 

 hairy underneath. 



Sepals and petals, 5. The fruit of the blackberry is a col- 

 lection of small fruits, each a drupe, all clinging to a long, 

 juicy, edible receptacle, green, becoming red, then, when ripe, 

 black. Flowers several in a raceme, and the large, tempting 

 berries in clusters. The bush is very prickly, from 6 to 8 

 feet high, with furrowed, bending branches. The flavor of a 

 perfectly ripe, well - developed high blackberry is finer than 

 any cultivated variety. 



Found in fence-rows, borders of thickets, and old fields all over 

 the Northern and Middle States. It is the origin of some 20 

 cultivated species. 



45. Sand Blackberry 



R. ciineifolius is about 3 feet high, with large white flowers, 

 2 to 4 together. Leaflets, 3 to 5, thick, toothed near the 

 apex. Small branches and under sides of the leaves white- 

 woolly. 



New York to Pennsylvania and Florida. 



46, Low Bush Blackberry 



R. trivialis is reclining, very prickly. Leaves nearly ever- 

 green, leathery. Leaflets ovate to oblong, serrate. Flowers 

 single or 2 or 3 together, large. 



Virfjinia southward in sterile soil. 



