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541. R. fnitic6s-.is 



semidouble or double. Leaves pale green ; leaflets obovate. Cul- 

 tivated in gardens. This variety may be considered as highly orna- 

 mental, from the large size and numerous petals of its flowers, and 

 from its very vigorous growth. Though it will thrive at the roots 

 of trees, and in places where other ornamental plants will hardly 

 grow, yet it produces most effect when it is trained against a wall. 



^ R. f. 3 tauricus Hort. is a vigorous-growing plant, which produces by 

 far the best fruit of any variety of bramble. H. S. 



jc R. /. ^flore roseo plena Baum. Cat. Flowers double pink. H. S. 



jt R. f. 5 foliis variegatis. Leaves variegated, and not liable to the ob- 

 jections made to most variegated plants. 



* R. /. 6 leucocdrpus Ser. Fruit white. (Dec. Prod.) 



This species is considered as being more 

 common than any of the other brambles, and 

 also as attaining a greater size. It is always 

 found to prosper best on a soil somewhat dry 

 and gravelly ; and, accordingly, Switzer, when 

 speaking of choosing a soil and .situation for a 

 vineyard, recommends looking out for one where 

 the bramble is abundant and vigorous. The 

 fruits have been eaten by children, in every 

 country where they grow wild, since the time 

 of Pliny. They have also been used, both in 

 France and England, to produce a subacid 

 drink ; an inferior description of wine ; by fer- 

 mentation and distillation, a strong spirit ; and, 

 boiled with sugar, a very good jam. 



,* 11. R. HI'SPIDUS L. The hispid-stemmed Bramble. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 706.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 564. ; Don's Mill., 2. 



p. 537. 

 Synonymes. R. trivialis Michx. Fl. Bar. Air.cr. p. 296. ; R. procumbens 



Mitfil. ; JR. flagellSris Willd., according to Spreng. Syst. 2. p. 530. 

 Engravings. Hayne Abbihl., t. 71. ; and our Jig. 542. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Stem procumbent, round, very hispid, 

 bearing scattered bristles and recurved prickles*. Leaf- 

 lets 3 5, wedge-shaped at the base, unequally toothed, 

 pretty glabrous above. Flowers solitary, upon longish 

 peduncles. Petals obovate. Carpels black. (Dec. 

 Prod.) A bramble with procumbent stems. Canada. 

 Stems 6 ft. to 8ft. Introduced in 1759. Flowers 

 white ; August. Fruit black, edible ; ripe in September 

 and October. 542. R. Ms V \ii*. 



iii. Leaves lobed, not pinnate or digitate. 

 & 12. R. ODORA X TUS L. The sweet-scented-/<?awd Bramble. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 707. ; Dec. Prod., '2. p. 566. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 539. 

 Synonymes. R. occidentals Hort., but not of Lin. : the Virginian Rasn 



berry, the flowering Raspberry. 

 Engravings. Mill. lc., t. 223. ; Bot. Mag., t. 323. ; and our Jig. 543. 



Spec. Char., $c. Stem upright. Petioles, peduncles, and 

 calyxes bearing glanded hairs. Disks of leaves 5-lobed, 

 unequally toothed. Inflorescence subcorymbose. Flowers 

 large, showy, red. Sepals ovate, longly acuminate, 

 shorter than the petals. Carpels numerous, ovate, vel- 

 vety. Style funnel-shaped. (Dec. Prod.) An upright 

 shrub. North America, in the woods of Canada, and on 

 the Alleghany Mountains. Height 4 ft. to 6 ft. Intro- 

 duced in 1700. Flowers purplish red; June to Sept. 

 Fruit yellow, rarely seen in England. 



543. R. odorhW*- 



