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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART III. 



four in a corymb, white. Sepals ovate, longly acumi- -0^,^ 464 



nate, glabrous, as long as the petals. Allied to B. '^^ ^ 



odoratus, but the peduncle and calyx are glabrous. _ry<^^ 

 (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 566.) A native of the north-west f i1 ^-^^-^^Q 

 coast of North America, from New California to 

 Nootka Sound, and at various places between north 

 latitude 43° and 52°, in mountains and woods. It 

 was discovered by the unfortunate Douglas, and intro- 

 duced into Britain in 1826. It grows, in good soil, to 

 the height of 5 ft. or 6 ft., and has the general aspect 

 and appearance of R. odoratus, except being of a 

 paler green. It flowers from May to October, and 

 the flowers are white. These are succeeded by large 

 red berries, which are found to make excellent tarts ; and the plant will 

 probablv soon be ranked as a fruit shrub. There are fine plants of this 

 species in the Horticultural Society's Garden, and at High Clere; and they 

 may be purchased in the London nurseries at from ]s. 6d. to 2s. each. 



App. i. Species and Varieties of Kiibus best deserving of Cul- 

 tivation in British Gardens^ as ornamental Shrubs. 



A. Erect Rasjiberry-Iike Sorts. 



R. occidentalis, the western, or black, Rasptierry, No. 7. ; and fig. 451. in p. 736. 



R. nutk&nus, the Nootha Sound Iinspl)erry, No. 32. ; and fig. 4G4. in p. 746. 



R. odorutus, the street-scented, or Virginian, Raspherri/, No. 31. ; and fig. 463. in p. 74'). 



R. spectilbilfs, the slinn'i/-fio\vered Itasplierri/, No. 19. ; and fig. 458. in p. 741. 



R. idie'us, the Mount Ida, or common, Rnspl>erry, No. 9. ; and fig. 4.52. in p. 737. The varieties of this 

 species which are recommended are those enumerated in p. 738., as being most suitable for plant- 

 ing in an arboretum. 



B. Shrubby Brambles. 



R, suberdctus, the sub-erect Bramble, No. 1. p. 735. 



R. micriintkiis, the small-flmvered, or Nepal, BravMe, No. 4. ; and figs. 449 — 4.50. — 450. a, in p. 736. 



R. fnttiebsus, the shrnblry Bramlile, or common Blackberry, No. 20. ; and fig. 459. in p. 742. The 

 varieties recommended are, the double-flowered, the double pink-flowered (if it can be got), the 

 variegated-leaved, and R. f. tauricus, on account of its large and excellent fruit. 



R. corylifdlius, the Hazel-leaved Bramble, No. 15. ; and fig. 457. in p. 741. 



C, Prostrate Brambles. 



R. cts'sius, the ^rey Bramble, or Dewberry, No. 11. ; and fig. 454. in p. 739. The variety recom- 

 mended, in addition to the species, is that with variegated leaves. 

 R. laciniatus, the c?/Heaved Bramble, No. 10. ; and fig. 4.53. in p. 739. 



Remark. The plants in the last two groups are propagated by division of the roots, or by en- 

 couraging the points of the shoots to root, like the runners of a strawberry; and the plants in the 

 first group by division of the root, or by suckers. All the kinds may be propagated by layers or 

 cuttings of the current year's wood, with the leaves on in a growing state ; and the cuttings in sand 

 under a glass, but not re<Miily. 



Other Sorts of shrubby Jlid)uses. 



Of the 147 species described in Don's Miller, about 50 are 

 included in the above list ; and nearly .50 more are herba- 

 ceous, or green-house or stove plants. There remain between 

 40 and 50 names, which are chiefly of species not introduced. 



R. viacropitalxts Doug. MS. in Hook. Fl. Bar. Amer., p. 178. 

 t. 59., and hut ,fig. 465., is a native of low woods in the valley 

 of the Columbia, with 

 white flowers, and the ge- 

 neral haliitof ii. spectabilis. 



R. delicidsus Torrey in 

 Ann. Lye., ii. p. 196., is a 

 native of North America, 

 among the Rocky Moun- 

 tains ; with purple flowers, 

 succeeded by a very deli- 

 cious fruit. It is a shrubby 

 bramble, 5 ft. or 6ft. high. 



II. tiliuceus Smith in Bees 



Cycl., vol. XXX., is a native 



' of Upper Nepal, with white 



flowers, and leaves like 



