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may confidently expect in most members of this 

 family. 



Among these are plants of a group repre- 

 sented in the eastern United States by the Flow- 

 ering Raspberry, Rubus odoratus; in the cen- 

 tral region by Rubus deliciosus of Colorado, 

 and along the Pacific Coast from Alaska to 

 southern California by the Thimbleberry, Rubus 

 nutkanus. 



The eastern species is a handsome plant with 

 large, deep, pink flowers that make it suitable 

 for ornament. The western thimbleberry grows 

 among the weeds of the lower hills and valleys, 

 sometimes climbing high up the mountain slope, 

 and in southern California seldom venturing 

 below an altitude of five thousand feet. 



No other shrub on the Pacific Coast exhibits 

 a more pleasing effect than a broad expanse of 

 the soft, delicate, green foliage of the thimble- 

 berry. Its large, white flowers, flat, button- 

 shaped red berries, and sweet, resinous, woody 

 fragrance add to its attractiveness. 



The flowers of the thimbleberry are not so 

 large as those of its eastern relative, but their 

 delicate, pure white petals scattered among the 

 large, pale green leaves add to the beauty of the 

 banks of foliage that overshadow the other forest 

 flowers. The thin, button-shaped berries are 



