742 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART Ill. 
* 21. R. Linxza‘Nnus Ser. Link’s Bramble. 
Identification. Ser. in Dec. Prod., 2. p. 560. ; Don’s Mill. 2. p. 534. 
Syuonyne. R. paniculatus Schlecht., according to Lk. Enum., 2. p. 61. and Tratt. Ros., 3. p. 41., not 
of Smith, 
Spec. Char., &c. Stem prickly. Leaflets 3—5, unequal, ovate acuminate, serrated, tomentose and 
hoary beneath. Flowers double, in a panicle. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 560.) It is said to have been 
introduced in 1821, and to produce double white flowers in June and July; but it is not stated of 
what country it is a native: and, whether it be any thing more than a double-flowered variety 
of the common bramble we have no means of ascertaining, never having seen the plant. 
-« 22. R. FRuTICO‘sus L. The shrubby Bramble, or common Blackberry. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 707.; Weihe and Nees Rubi Germanici, p. 25.; Dec. Prod., ii. p. 561. ; 
Don’s Mill, 2. p. 534. 
Synonymes. A. discolor and R. abriptus, in Lindl. Synops. of Brit. Flora, ed. 1. 
Engravings. Eng. Bot., t.715.; and our fig. 459. 
Spec. Char., §c. Stem erect [and afterwards de- 
curved], 5-angled, rather tomentose, bearing VG 
recurved prickles. Leaflets 3—5, ovate-ob- END “ZB 
long, acute, glabrous, beneath greyly tomen- <a ay Woo” 
tose, each on a secondary petiole. Panicle SLANT 4.59 
decompound, narrow, straight. Flowers rose- hy} i 
coloured or white. Sepals reflexed, almost ZIT WY, 
without prickles. Fruit of a purplish black. W (a ie SA ) 
(Dec. Prod., ii. p. 560.) A native of Europe, XQ Loe fe ae 
in hedges, thickets, and woods. In Britain A> : \ 
abounding in the agricultural zone, and toler- LA} aie 
ably frequent in the upland zone; with, ac- , Rat 
cording to Mr. Winch, a limit similar to that 
of Ulex europze‘a. 
Varieties. k 
« R. f. 2 pomponius Ser. R. fruticdsus 6 Weihe & Nees.( fig. 460.) — 
Flowers semidouble or double. Leaves pale green ; leaflets obovate. 
Cultivated in gardens. This variety may be considered as highly orna- 
mental, from the large size, and numerous petals, of its flowers, and 
from its very vigorous growth. Though it will thrive at the roots 
of trees, and in places where other ornamental plants will hardly 
grow, yet it produces most effect 
when it is trained against a wall; 
and it is thus treated in some of the 
principal gardens of Europe. One 
of the finest specimens we have 
ever seen of the double-flowering 
bramble was in the botanic garden 
at Pisa, in 1819, where it was trained 
against a wall, and covered with a 
profusion of large double white 
flowers, tinged with pink. Plants 
in the London nurseries, are Is. 6d. 
each; and at Bollwyller 1 franc. 
« R. f. 3 tatricus Hort. is a vigorous- 
growing plant, which produces by 
far the best fruit of any variety of 
bramble. There are plants in the Y 
Horticultural Society’s Garden. 460 L ¥ 
« R. f. 4 flore roseo pléno Baum. Cat., the double pink-flowered Bramble, 
is marked in the Bollwyller Catalogue at 3 francs a plant; but we 
have not seen it in British gardens. 
« R. f. 5 foliis variegatis, the variegated-leaved Bramble, is not liable to 
‘the objections made to most variegated plants, it not having a dis- 
eased appearance, 
R. f. 6 leucocdrpus Sere— Fruit white. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 561.) 
R. f. 7 inérmis Ser. — Stem without prickles. (Dec. l. c.) 
R. f. 8 dalmaticus Tratt. Ros., iii. p. 33.— Panicle very large, suprade- 

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