334 Select Plants for Industrial Culture 



Rubus nutans, Wallich. 



Himalayan mountains, ascending to about 10,000 feet; growing on 

 the ground like strawberry-plants, yielding fruits of very pleasant 

 subacid taste (Atkinson), but not of large size (J. Hooker). A 

 species easily spreading and probably improvable by culture. 



Rubus occidentalis, Lmn4.* 



The " Black Cap "-Raspberry or " Thimbleberry "-bush. North- 

 America. A species with woody stems and nice fruits, the latter 

 with a glaucous bloom, well flavored and large; it ripens early. To 

 this bears near affinity R. leucodermis (Douglas) from California, 

 Utah and Arizona; its fruit is yellowish-red, rather large and of 

 agreeable flavor (A. Gray). 



Rubus odoratus, Cornuti.* 



North- America. A kind of raspberry-bush. Handsome on ac- 

 count of its large purple flowers. Berries edible. Hardy in Norway 

 to lat. 67 56'. Culture would doubtless enhance the value of the 

 fruits of many of these Rubi. Hybridising might be tried. R. 

 Nutkanus (Mocino) is the Salmon-Raspberry of Western North- 

 America and closely allied to R. odoratus. 



Rubus parvifolius, Linn<$. 



East-Asia, Eastern and Southern Australia. It produces much 

 finer fruits in the Alps of Australia than in the lowlands. It extends 

 as a native to Japan, where according to Maximowicz 22 species of 

 Rubus exist, many of them endemic, and probably some eligible for 

 special fruit-culture. 



Rubus phcenicolasius, Maximowicz. 



Japan. A Raspberry-Bramble with fair-sized fruits. 



Rubus rosifolius, Smith. 



Tropical and sub-tropical regions of Africa and Asia, ascending the 

 Himalayas to about 10,000 feet, also occurring throughout the literal 

 forests of East- Australia. In woody regions this shrub bears an 

 abundance of fruits of large size, and these early and long in the 

 season, though not so excellent as those of many other species. 



Rubus strigosus, Michaux.* 



Eastern North-America, extending to Canada. Closely allied to the 

 European raspberry. Its fruits large, also of excellent taste. 



Rubus tiliaceus, Smith. 



Indian mountains, at altitudes "between 3,000 and 8,000 feet. A 

 rambling species. Fruit large, purplish-black, but rather insipid. 



Rubus trivialis, Michaux.* 



South-Eastern States of North- America. Another shrubby species 

 with good edible fruits, which are large and black. The plant will 

 thrive in dry sandy soil. Like many other congeners, this one has the 

 bark rich in tannic acid. 



