ARCTIC RASPBERRY; ARCTIC BRAMBLE 



Rubus arcticus L. 

 ROSE FAMILY 



Many interesting plants not elsewhere found grow in bogs, 

 for conditions of life in company with peat moss are so unusual 

 that only plants of special structure and habits can endure or 

 thrive. Among the commonest of these bog-dwellers are the 

 Labrador tea, a low shrub with round clusters of white flowers 

 and thick leaves, rusty woolly underneath, and the cranberry, 

 with its slender creeping stems, firm, tiny leaves and dainty, 

 pink flowers nodding an inch or two above the moss. Among 

 the most curious are three carnivorous plants, the sundew, the 

 butterwort (whose leaves catch and devour insects), and the 

 pitcher-plant whose pitfalls are baited with honey above a slippery 

 incline that sends unwary visitors to certain death below. Of 

 the beautiful flowers might be mentioned the three-leaved 

 Solomon's seal, the tall white bog orchis, and the pretty little rasp- 

 berry shown natural size on the opposite pa'ge. 



Like the Baked-apple Berry, the Arctic Raspberry is herbaceous 

 and unarmed, but more slender and with thinner three-foliolate 

 leaves. The season of bloom is a week or ten days later, the 

 flowers being pink or rose-colored and delightfully fragrant. 

 As these are usually perfect, that is, have both stamens and 

 pistils, they each produce a berry, bright red and of good flavor. 

 The Arctic Raspberry likes a little shade, and is at home in wet 

 mossy woods as well as in open bogs. 



Although its name suggests the polar regions, it is sometimes 

 found far south in Canadian territory. 



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