CHAPTER III. 



RASPBERRY. 



NATURAL FAMILY ROSACES. 



[RuBus. The Latin name for the Raspberry and Blackberry derived from the 

 Celtic rub, red ; French name, Framboisier ; German, Himbeeren Strauch ; Dutch, 

 Frarriboos ; Italian, Rava-ideo , Spanish, Framtweso ; the old English name ia 

 Raspis or Hindberry.] 



GENERAL CHARACTERS. 



Perennial herbs, or somewhat shrubby plants, with 

 biennial woody stems ; flowers, white or red ; petals, five 

 deciduous ; stamens many ; seeds collected on a spongy, 

 succulent receptacle, becoming small drupes. In the Rasp- 

 berry, that which is called the fruit, is a collective mass of 

 drupes, which readily parts from the dry receptacle when 

 ripe. 



SPECIES. 



Our native species are divided into three classes by Dr. 

 Gray, as follows : 



CLASS 1. Leaves simple; flowers large, prickles none; 

 fruit and receptacle flat. 



Rubus odoratUS. Purple Flowering Raspberry. Stem 

 shrubby, three to five feet high ; branches, stalks and ca- 

 lyx bristly, with glandular, clammy hairs ; leaves three to 

 five lobed ; the lobes pointed and minutely toothed, the 

 middle one prolonged; peduncles many flowered, purple 

 rose-colored; fruit variable in size, from two or three 

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