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The srwies are: 1. R. uleru<, Raspberry; ?. 

 R. aci brail Raspberry; 3. R.ruio- 



ratiis, Flowering Ra9pberr»; 4. It. fun 

 Common Bramble ; 5. /?. hispitkts, Bristly 

 mm, Dewberry Bramble; 7- 

 A', arcticus, Dwarf Crimson Bramble; 8. R. 

 cemorus, Mountain Bramble, or Cloud- 



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The first has the stems sutTruticose, biennial, 

 upright, round, aruleate-hispici, or thick set 

 with small prickles, two feel high ; they produce 

 fruit the second year, alter which they lie down. 

 The leaflets rhomb ovate, acute, marked with 

 . unequally serrate, white underneath. The 

 petioles pubescent, prickly. The peduncles his- 

 pid. The flowers in panicles. The fruit red, 

 ful to the smell and taste, deciduous, bristly 

 with the permanent styles placed upon a conical 

 receptacle. It is a native of many parts of Eu- 

 rope, flowering in May end June. 



The varieties are: the Red-fruited, the White- 

 fruited, the Tw ice-bearing, of which the tirst 

 crop ripens in July, and the second in October, 

 those of the latter season having seldom much 

 flavour; the Smooth Raspberry, and the large 

 Antwerp. The sorts mostly cultivated, accord- 

 ing to Mr. Forsyth, are : the Early White, the 

 Double-bearing Wblte, the Large Common 

 White, the Large Red, the Large Red Antwerp, 

 the Large White Antwerp, the Smooth Cane 

 Double-bearing, and the Woodward's New 

 l! iflpberry. 



The second species rises with purplish stalks, 

 a little higher than the common sort. The leaves 

 are of a lucid trreen on their upper side, but 

 hoarv on their under; their foot-stalks are taper; 

 the fruit is of a deep black when ripe, has little 

 flavour, and ripens late in autumn. It is a na- 

 tive of North America, flowering in May and 

 June. It varies v :*h a red fruit, more acid and 

 pleasant than the European Raspberry. 



The third has a perennial creeping root. The 

 stems many, from four to seven feet high, about 

 the size of a man's little finger, covered with a 

 smooth bark of a light brown colour, and 

 branching out a littie towards the top. The 

 leaves six inches long and seven inches broad, 

 cut into three, four, or five angular lobes, end- 

 ins in acute points, serrate, having several veins 

 ar^hc; from the midrib, running upwards, di- 

 vir<rin<r towards thv' borders, deep green above, 

 but li<_ht green and smooth beneath; on foot- 

 stalks fortr inches long, coining out alternately. 

 The flowers in loo-e terminating bunches, each 

 on a long peduncle. Petals large, roundish, of 

 a light purple colour. The fruit is rarely pro- 

 duced here ; but in North America, its native 

 country, it is like the common Raspberry, only 



not so pleasant. It flowers from June to Sep- 

 tember. 



Tin- fourth species has very long, trading, or 

 rather arching, woodv stems, of a purplish lu, . 

 tough, with the angles strongly marked) and the 

 prickles booked. The leaves quinatc, or some- 

 times ternate ; leaflets somewhat elliptical, dm 

 blv-serrae, acute, dark-green and shining abow, 

 white and downy beneath ; but sometimes tlie 

 under side is merely bairy and of a paler green. 

 All the leaflets are petioled ; and the petioles arc 

 pricklv. The stipules bfistlc-ihaped. The pa- 

 nicles tuany -flowered, subracemed, tomentose. 

 The fruit of a dark violet colour, with a maw kish 

 sweet taste, composed of verv numerous acini or 

 grains. There arc several varieties ; but that 

 winch is chiefly introduced as a garden shrub 

 the Double-flowered Urainhle. 



The fifth fua> the stems with long procumbent 

 woodv shoots I ke these of the vine; these lo- 

 be* with the petioles have stiff bristles scat- 

 tered over them. The leaflets gash-senate, ti: ■ 

 middle one petioled. The peduncles also 

 htspuT. It is a native of Canada, flowering ui 

 August. 



The sixth species has the stems pros! 

 round, rooting, pale green with a vivid glaucous 

 tinge: though woodv, tluv are only annual, or 

 at most biennial. The leaflets gashed and ser- 

 rate, downy (not hoary) beneath : the lateral 

 leaflets sessile, generally lobed on the outside, 

 of various forms. Stipules lanceolate. The peti- 

 oles downy, prickly, obscurely chanr.eiied above. 

 The flowrrs tew together, in termin.; ay, 



somewhat prickly panicles. The fruit black, 

 with a bright blue tinge or bloom, composed of 

 few large grains. Its flavour is agreeably acid, 

 without the faint taste of the fourth sort. It is 

 a native of Europe, flow ering in June and Julv. 



The seventh has a creeping root, bnt no run- 

 ners. The stems are from a hand to a span in 

 height, upright, simple, angular. The leave.-, 

 unequally serrate, commonly altogether smooth. 

 The flowers solitary, peduncled, terminating, 

 deep rose-coloured, with the petals sometimes 

 jagged. The fruit purple, sweet and fragrant, 

 veiy pleasant, and, according 1 to Linnaeus, al- 

 most as large as a mulberry. It is a native or the 

 North of Europe. 



The eighth species is a plant of an clcgai 

 pcarance, with a creeping root, a 

 hardlv a foot high, upright) j mall but 



smooth and hardish leaves, petioled', i 

 five-lobed, plaited, wrinkled, unequal!) 

 The Bowers terminal, peduncled, white; u 

 and female, the former withal 

 tils, the latter with abortive >tainens. The uer* 

 rics are of a tawny or dull 

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