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eaten with sugar and cream they are, after a long day's 

 tramp, most acceptable. 



STONE BRAMBLE (Rubus Saxatilis) 



The Stone Bramble, Rubus saxatilis, is another member 

 of the bramble group, and, like the last, a native of the 

 northern and western mountain districts. It is sometimes 

 called Roebuck-berry. The fruit is crimson, composed of 

 but a few large grains, and excellent in flavour. The 

 flowers are few in number and of a greenish-white. 



Why these difi^erent brambles should be called Rubus 

 is rather an open question, and where many theories are 

 advanced to explain anything we need scarcely stay to point 

 out that none of them are quite satisfying. One of these 

 derives the word from the Celtic word reub, to tear or 

 lacerate, while another hath it that the Celtic rub, red, is 

 the explanation. Fruticosus means shrubby, and is from 

 the hztmfrutex. desius is bluish-grey, in reference to the 

 beautiful bloom on the dewberry. Saxatilis signifies 

 pertaining to rocks. 



RASPBERRY (Rubus Id.eus) 



Another valued fruit, and botanically again a close 

 relative of the blackberry, is the Raspberry, the Rubus idteus 

 of scientific nomenclature and classification. It should be 

 sought in woods and thick hedgerows, and more especially 

 in the north, though we have indulged sumptuously ^ in its 



' One old author, we see, says that " the fruit is good to be giuen to those 

 that haue weake and queasie stomachs," but this testimonial is by no means 

 good enough. Had we had the pleasure of his company in Devonshire, he 

 would, we think, have modified this statement considerably. 



