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BISMARCKIA 



BISMARCKIA (in honor of Prince Bismarck) Pnl 

 nni, a till.. /.,.(,iss(« A (jeiius nH.irl\ ih1 itxl to Li 

 t uii V III. I I .)! isMis, ilistiiiKiU'ilieii In truit Lliiracteis 

 FoMiis I til .^ Jim tl litgli witli .1 ijiKantic cinnnof pal 

 nut. I\>, \Mtli «liit. sti. ik..l ].. ti.,1. s and liUulcs 10 

 It 111 .li nil ti li.iiii. mill,'. . li. Milling I hi-.ti rs dirk 

 111. mil iiliiiii Ilk. 1' 111 111 .liuii with .1 thin ontt i 

 sill li aii.l I fitirous iniH r .nu i ii. losiiifj^ a loitndt.] 

 wnnKI. (1 St i^d 1 in in di mi , n ti. ul ite.i likt a ^\aln^lt 

 and luiiiimtiil as m tht niitm. i; ( iilt is t.n Litinii 



ndbihs, Hil.l. I. I*. W.ii.ll ■i.mii^' I'l mi^ inti..l.ioii 

 M\..iith. I.i.k . li 11111. Ihd ili.i\e tiii.l\ S.M.I. ..11 till 

 ri.U'i s ill >M lliiiil\ . I.,tli.,l wilh tiltts id til.nms s, il, s, 

 hill IS 1.1114 as til. ldl.lt , 111 1.1. hill. KM. II li^ul I It 

 in diam segments ill 1 in wi.ie, 1 tt l.in^ ip. \ Idiiiit. 

 ohtiise, with a long . urved tilatnent from tli. hist ot 

 ei.li sinus Ma.ligis, ir (t F I. J4I. FK J J".7 



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BITTER-SWEET 



1.1 s /, 



BtXA (^.nitli Amt rican nam. 

 id tu.i sp. . les lit tropii al tit. s 

 aii.l show^ tis int. niiin il p nm It 

 111 tlK E .11. 1 W lii.h. s t.ii th. 

 piep ire.i fl.iiii th. .1 iii_. 



th. 



. Hs 



It 



lilt. 



(lit 

 ih. 



Orellana, Lmn H. u'ht 

 ish B M U.ii -It 1^ 1 II 



houses as an oi n ii t il 



ing plant will iirodii. . il 

 si/t Plants ti..iii s, ,,1 I 



liiitt 

 1.1 pi. 



237 Aeawain Blackbe 



HI.ACKBERKY 



Willi truit from th. i arliest times, the Blackberry has 

 oid\ r. (tutl\ m*iile its appeaiame among the more 

 oiihih 111.1 pr.miising g mien truits The t\ pe spti les 

 IS Hnhiis i,ni,»h„,,,is ilthoiudi It his l.mght.n known 



Ullilll tilt II lint /uilns 1,11 WIS I s, , /r»/,„s) It IS I 

 most \ ,11 .hit spt.i, s iii.l th. iniiiilM 1 ot t.irnis whiih 

 mi\ he i..,.^iii/, ,1 .1, p. H.ls .,ii]\ up.iiitlH pi.l„m. lit .d 

 th, liotanist who IS itMewin^ th.iii Th, r, ait siieral 

 tlistinit tiptsoi gioiips in .ultn iti.iii ( 1 1 Tli, Long 

 (instil Pli.kli.rii.s h'lihiis t,„i,„h„,,i,s Th, plants 

 grow till ,n liipii.dif th, 1 iH. (s 11, i .1,4 stilk. .1 1 ith, r 

 hilt l\ s II it, Mid 1 i| . 1 I iiitt il rii. llowt i I liistir IS 

 Ion- I. Ill 111. I I . 11 with 111. iii.lui.liiiltl .w.isst ind 

 iiig ,hii t ,t ii.lit ,11.1, St th. ,. iiti ,1st. Ill ih, liiiit 

 IS ii,.,ni,lh olil.iiig .„ iliinil.l, ship, ,1 sw.,t i,th,i,lull 

 111 I olor with .liiipi h ts sill ,11 111,1 . 1,.-,. h p I. k. .1 The 

 I i\liii IS out ot tht l„ St 1. I n s. lit itn, s .d this , lass 

 (Jl I'll, Whit, 1.1 I, kill in /i ,i,,,„li,ic \ 11 ,:lli,,i,is 



SlllllUl to th, lli.M lint with 111 llh Killlld Mll.iwish 

 gltt II , ,n, s ,11,1 inliklsh , 1, nil oi ,i,ilii i ,..l.,i,,l tmit 

 M .ii\ \ 111, ti. s . t this npi lii\, h, , u mti.i.lii. ..1 hut 

 11.11. hu. itt nil. .1 ).i..iiiiii. II. . (d) The Shoit ( hist, I 

 It: I, kl.i nil s /, „,/, l„i , ,1 \ 11 Sflfiln^. This IS the 

 . .1111111 II. St t nil t ulin iti.l Hli.kl„n\, aii.l m.hnlts 

 sii, h X ,11, It, s ,s 111, s,,^,i. I l,,»t, ,1 111.1 \_ iw nil (Fig 

 J 71 In tills t\p. till . lust. ,s .1. sh, iti 1 hut I. lilt ss, 

 tilt p til. . Is 111.11 ,.1 li.|u, till tiuits sh irtt 1 iiitl 1 .iiiidt r, 



glossN l.luk tht dlll|.l,|s liigt ,11,1 lll,^ul,lh s,t 



111, it ,ll,ts ,1, l,i,i„l s. I\ ,11 1 mm, nl^ s, iiate, 



"Migg, ,1 ,11,1 I, ss tip, nil- it til, p lint (4) Th, I.eatN 

 ( iiisl, 1 Bl„kli,iii,s J,' mil, I, IS lliisis ilowir iiid 

 iiior, husliN f,,iiii with inu.iw ...lis. h t.iotlli.l h-ht 

 , ololi .1 I. Ill, ts 111,1 sh. lit I lust, 1 11 UI1I4 slliipi, kiMs 



ltd, liiiuud, d uith til, tioH.is Its I , st ,.,111111. in r. pi, 



s, lit ,tl\, IS th, 1 ,li\ 11 ,1\, st ( .1 ill, E,„.s, ( lust, 1 

 Hi i, kl>. Ill, s It- I,, ,11 himii-. iill.s,,-, i I, IS IS I gn, lip 

 ot Iniin.l . lum II, iiig Hit, 11,11,11 ,1, l„tw, ,11th, HI Ilk 

 h. ll\ iiitl tl. wli, n\ I Sit n „l„,,„) 111, I 1 nits hut 



I l,iu s] ling hiliit ot giowth 111 ,1 ii_ 1 111,1 



not, ill d II i\, s sh.iit ,1, ulii ii\ hk, , hi 1 I i._, 



i.iuiidish tiuits 1111,1, up,,t \, n I iig, 1 ' 1 iii,p, 



I. ts Th, I.uh Wilson md W ilsou itini i ,i, its l„ st 

 known i,pi,s, lit itiM s (1 ig J H) (d) 'lilt Sni,lHl„k 

 lM>ir>,7i' .»«.,/„/,Hs (Pig J d) A stunh litti, shuil. 



iriii,,! with M s r,,iin,,l th,,ins with tin, kish 



wi.lg, sli,|,,l hill, Is whit, nt,l w.iidly h, lu.xth The 

 1 lust, IS ,1. I. \\ tl «. 1. .1, op, uing liom the CI uter out 

 Willi th, tiiiil 1 iiiidish loos, gnin,,l, V, r> lilnk and 

 -oo.l Kn iwii 111 .iiltn itlon onh as the T..ps\ oiTlee 

 HI, kli.uN |7| rii.ii IS still an.dh.rtNp, ..t Bl i, k 



II. iM kii. wii IS th. Tholiiliss fi Moiiiitnn l!l„kli, ir\ 

 ( /,' <„„,J „s,s) hut It IS ii.it 111 . iilti\ ition This is 

 I it 11 , tl 11 , 1 l.\ suit, ith nil II 1,1. .1 . ,11, s. nair,>w, sharp 



1 It, ,1 I, itl. Is Ih. npp. I oil. s li,.i lie on long, slender 



1. it st liks 111 ..p. 11 iliu.i In t. r I short, louudish, 

 gl.issi 1,1 „ k tiiiii within. 1 liiupthts It upens latei 

 til 111 til, ,,1111111 II 1 1 1, I I MS ,11,1 iH not so good in 

 ,|uilit\ l.iitnitii, I , .nit.tth. Bl i, kherrj tribes, 

 s. . I iil,\ E\.,lutiiiii ,.t iiui N itiM Flints 



111 Inst BIa,kherr-v intniduc, ,1 into I'ultivation was 

 ill. U I instir, will, h was , xhil.it, ,1 h, ton the Massa 

 . in, ,tts HortKultural So, ut^ in IMl This was tol 

 low 1,1 by the L i\rton a f, w \tais 1 it, r, win, h hi came 

 hmoreproniin, nt Tli, Kitt itiniiv soon diMilt ,1 h,>n 

 ois with this, ami both now I iig, l\ liaM gn , n idai t to 

 tht SnMhi whi.h IS uiitloiil.ti.lh th. in . t width 

 gi iKii % ill. t\ ot till pi.s. iit.li\ This hi, iiiiii\i..ni 



III. r. 1 ,1 tlillts IS 1 ^ 111, U ,.t p,>,il qn ililx l.ul , \ti. nit h 

 birilj 111,1 pi, .,1,1. tn, Tht I ,pid stud, s ,11 id, l.N tin 

 Bli, kbtrrj in tultnation pio\e that a plait w is itatU 

 111(1 waiting for it m the pomologit il worlii, aplacc which 

 It has iiroMditsdf cmincntl) fitt, , I to fill, owing both to 

 Its ,1, sirii.l, ,|iiili(iis m g. 11. I ,1 ,11,1 to Its ability to 

 ripnlh \ii\ ,11. 1 ,1. \.I.p 11. w t\p. s At the luescnt 

 tun, it IS on . t th. most iiii].. 1 1 nit most generallj liked 



111.1 111 st pi. , lit ihlt hush liuits giown 



I III ill kl ii\ thiivesonalmost. ill soils, but to leach 

 I il It II . I. ill ,11, Is a strong loam, retentive of moibture 

 ,11 i 1 II hug t w lid tl IV rather than sand Soil must 

 I., w, 11 ,ii nil, ,1 ,t ill tim, s If too nth m humus and 

 uitiog, 11 I t, lull 11 \ tow ird a rank giowth ot plant, 

 with liiiinin h, ,1 1 1 nittiilness, appeals while a light, 

 siiuh soil will 1 111 til I airs the fruit tliiough periods of 



