360 



(ftubu.s specfabttis), so called from its large conspicuous red flowers, is a 

 robust upright hardy species indigenous to California and North West 

 America to Alaska. The fruit is large, ovoid, varying from red to yellow , 

 and has a brisk pleasant flavour. The Salmon Berry of California is the 

 fruit of Rubns Nutkwius (velutim/.s), a shrubby species indigenous to 

 Western America and northward to Alaska. The fruit is salmon red, 

 with a dry and somewhat musky flavour, and consists of but a few large 

 grains. The Purple Flowered Raspberry (Rubus odoratus} is a shrubby 

 species remarkable for its handsome purple flowers. It is very closely 

 allied to Rubus Nutkanu^ and is indigenous to the greater part of North 

 America, growing chiefly in high rocky places. This species is also 

 sometimes called Thimbleberry and also Mulberry. Other American 

 species are Rubus deliciosus, an erect shrubby plant with large pleasantly 

 flavoured fruit. It is indigenous to the south-west portion of the United 

 States. Rubns trivia! i* is another shrubby species from the southern 

 States with large black well flavoured fruit. Rubus ursinus (macropetalus) 

 is a unisexual shrub indigenous to California and Oregon, which bears 

 black, large, oval, and very sweet fruit. 



The Indian Raspberry is Rubins Jl<nms (dlipticm}, a strong-growing 

 evergreen species indigenous to the mountain regions of India, where it is 

 found at elevations of from four to seven thousand feet. The stems are 

 fully an inch in diameter at the bast-, nnd are armed with stout formidable 

 thorns. The plants are prolific, the fruit being borne upon the terminal 

 shoots of the current season's growth, and forms loose panicles of from six 

 to eighteen berries. In colour the fruit is pale yellow, and it possesses 

 the true Raspberry flavour, with a pleasant acidity. This species might 

 prove serviceable in regions that are 100 warm for the common Raspberry. 

 Rubus iasiocarpus and Rubus <>jj"lifol(us, two closely allied species 

 indigenous to the mountain regions of India, Ceylon, and Java, yield 

 large and palatable fruits. Rub us retiwIutHs. another Indian mountain 

 species, has large red pleasant fruit, which is produced in succession for a 

 long period. The three last-named species might prove serviceable i?i 

 those parts of Australia that are too warm for the ordinary Raspberry. 

 Several species of Rubus are indigenous to Eastern Australia, though 

 they extend to other countries. One of the best known is Rubus rosifolitix, 

 which passes under the name of the Native Raspberry. This species is 

 also found in many parts of Africa and Asia. The fruit is produced in 

 succession, and is somewhat poor in flavour, but improves in tropical 

 regions. Rubus mollacanus (rugosus) is another species found in Eastern 

 Australia as far south as Gippsland, but it also extends to New Guinea, 

 Fiji, the Philippine Islands, China, and India. It is robust, tall, 

 somewhat rambling in habit, and has small red fruit having a slight acid 

 flavour. Rubus parvifolius, is a species also found in Eastern and 

 Southern Australia, though it extends to Japan and other parts of Asia. 

 The fruit is of medium size and fairly palatable, its flavour being better 

 in mountain regions than in the lowlands. Rubus Gunman us, a small 

 herbaceous species, is the Tasmanian Native Raspberry, and is the 

 principal indigenous fruit found in Tasmania. It grows in alpine regions 

 only, and produces red juicy fruits, but it is more closely allied to the 



