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plants and have had them in cultivation for a number of 

 years. We do not know but that they have done about 

 as well as Lucretia, though we must say that none of the 

 dewberries have been particularly satisfactory with us." 



I mistrust that the plate referred to is the one which 

 Dr. Bartel had made for his variety. I have been 

 unable to learn the history of the plate. It seems to 

 have made no impression upon the nurserymen of 

 western New York, where Dewey, the plate maker, 

 lived, and I have not been able to find a copy of it. I 

 feel sure that the common Mammoth is the Bartel. 



The other Mammoth is the one referred to in the 

 letter above quoted as coming from a firm in Jackson 

 county, 111. I understand this firm to be Bailey 

 & Hanford, which is now dissolved. I have been 

 unable to get any direct statement of the variety^ I 

 have received the plant from a party who obtained it 

 indirectly from Bailey & Hanford, and it is distinct 

 from Bartel, for it belongs, apparently, to the type form 

 of Eubus mllosus. I know nothing yet of the value of 

 this Mammoth, but it is certain that it has not become 

 generally known. 



In regard to this confusion, Mr. Stone writes me as 

 follows: "The Bartel was introduced as Bartel Mam- 

 moth, and is generally known by this name now, but 

 the word Mammoth has been dropped by some on ac- 

 count of there having been an entirely worthless variety 

 called Mammoth sent out quite extensively. It is for 

 this reason that I have dropped Mammoth. The variety 

 sent out under the name had a much larger cane and 

 blossomed freely, but never set any fruit; at least this 

 was the case with the stock I had." 



There are many other interesting forms of the 



