VARIETIES. 519 



much used by all classes in this country. The sorts are seldom 

 cultivated in gardens, as the fruit is produced in such great 

 abundance in a wild state ; but there is no doubt that varieties 

 of much larger size, and greatly superiour flavour, might be 

 produced by sowing the seeds in rich garden soil, especially if 

 repeated for two or three successive generations. 



1. Low BLACKBERRY. 



Trailing Blackberry. 



Dewberry. 



Rubus Camdensis. Lin. 



A low, trailing, prickly shrub, producing large white blos- 

 soms in May, and very large roundish-oblong black fruit in 

 midsummer. Leaflets from three to five in number. The fruit, 

 when in good soil, and fully exposed to the sun, is high flavour- 

 ed, sweet, and excellent. 



2. HIGH BLACKBERRY. 



Bush Blackberry. 



Rubus Villosus. Tor. and Gray. 



This is an erect growing blackberry, the stems tall, and more 

 cr less branching. In its foliage it resembles the foregoing, 

 but its flowers, which are white, are smaller. The fruit is also 

 smaller, rounder, not so dark coloured (being reddish-black), 

 and though good, is seldom so juicy or high flavoured. 



There is a variety, cultivated abroad, with white fruit. 



Ornamental Varieties. The DOUBLE- WHITE-BLOSSOMED, and 

 DOUBLE PINK-BLOSSOMED BRAMBLES, are beautiful climbing 

 shrubs, of remarkably luxuriant growth, which may be trained 

 for a great length in a season, and are admirably adapted for 

 covering walls and unsightly buildings. The flowers are like 

 small double roses, and are produced in numerous clusters in 

 June, having a very pretty effect. North of New York these 

 climbers are rather tender in severe winters. 



THE ROSE FLOWERING BRAMBLE (Rubus odoratus) is a very 

 pretty native shrub, with large broad leaves, and pleasing rose- 

 coloured flowers, and groups well with other shrubs in orna- 

 mental plantations. 



