464 RUBUS 



odoratus, but less glandular-hairy and not so tall. Leaves trifoliolate, large, 

 hairy on both surfaces. Flowers purplish red. produced in terminal corymbs 

 in June and July. A handsome, vigorous shrub of about the same value for 

 ornament as R. odoratus the mother plant. The leaves resemble R. Idaeus 

 in being trifoliolate, but the flowers owe their colour and size largely to 

 R. odoratus. 



R. NUTANS, Wallich. 

 (Bot. Mag., t. 5023.) 



An evergreen, prostrate shrub, rising only a few inches above the ground; 

 the stems creeping, unarmed, but thickly covered with soft purplish bristles 

 and rooting at almost every joint. Leaves trifoliolate, with bristly stalks 

 i^ to 2 ins. long ; leaflets glossy green above, bristly on the veins beneath, 

 sharply toothed, the terminal one the largest and from i to 2^ ins. long, 

 rhomboidal, often rounded at the apex ; the side ones half to two-thirds as 

 large, all three very shortly stalked. Flowers pure white, i^ ins. across, 

 borne in the leaf-axils and at the top of erect, leafy shoots 6 or 8 ins. high, 

 each flower on a slender stalk iijr to 7\ ins. long, bristly like the reddish calyx. 



Native of the Himalaya ; cultivated at Kew for the last sixty years. The 

 cheerful leaves and large flowers render this one of the most pleasing of dwarf 

 Rubi. In the Bamboo Garden at Kew, on a shady slope and growing in 

 ordinary loam, it thrives perfectly, sending out its runner-like shoots in all 

 directions. The plant is rare in gardens, but may be recommended as a low 

 covering for sheltered semi-shaded slopes, etc. 



R, NUTKANUS, Mo^ino. SALMON BERRY. 



(Bot. Mag., t. 3543 ; R. parviflorus, NuttalL} 



A vigorous deciduous shrub, up to 8 ft. high, with erect, unarmed stems, 

 and peeling bark ; young shoots downy and slightly glandular. Leaves 

 simple, five-lobed, vine-like, 4 to 8 (or more) ins. across, irregularly toothed, 

 downy on both sides especially beneath ; leaf-stalk 2 to 5 ins. long, set with 

 glandular hairs. Flowers pure white, i^ ins. across, borne three to seven in 

 terminal clusters during June, and continuing for several weeks; the flower- 

 stalk is glandular-hairy and the calyx is very downy, each lobe contracted at 

 the apex into a short tail. Fruit large, hemispherical and flattened, red ; 

 said to be sometimes pleasantly flavoured in a wild state. 



Native of Western N. America ; introduced by Douglas in 1827. Very 

 similar in its growth and foliage to R. odoratus, but easily distinguished by 

 its white flowers in smaller clusters; the shoots, too, are not so conspicuously 

 downy and glandular, and are darker coloured. Like that species it forms, 

 when left to itself in good soil, dense thickets, which should be overhauled 

 every winter and the worn-out stems cut out. Easily increased by pulling 

 old plants to pieces. Fruits ripen most seasons from the earliest flowers, 

 but are insipid and worthless in this country. 



R. OCCIDENTALIS, Linnceus. BLACK RASPBERRY. 



A deciduous shrub, with arching, biennial stems, 6 to 10 ft. long, very 

 glaucous, and armed with scattered short spines. Leaves composed of mostly 

 three (sometimes five, pinnately arranged) leaflets, which are ovate, i to 

 4 ins. long, pointed, coarsely and unequally toothed, covered with a close 

 white felt beneath. Flowers white, \ in. across, produced in terminal few- 

 flowered corymbs during June. Fruit purple -black, flattish, hemispherical. 



