THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



RUBUS. 



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4 ft. high, and, in June, bears snow-white 

 flowers about the size of Dog Roses, and 

 like them in form. It is hardy in most 

 gardens where the soil is light, and in cold 

 districts may be grown against a wall, 



Rubus deliciosus. 



which it quickly clothes with a beautiful 

 growth, and flowers more abundantly than 

 as a bush. Always select for it the sun- 

 niest and warmest place in the garden. 



E. odoratus is 3 to 8 ft. high, with large - 

 lobed leaves, and from June till August 

 large clusters of rich purple flowers. It 

 may be used in the rougher parts of the 

 rock-garden, or in the wild garden, and is 

 very hardy. Like the garden Raspberry, 

 it sends up strong annual shoots, which 

 in rich soils reach 6 ft. There is no finer 

 shrub for planting under the shade of 

 large trees and in rough places. 



R. nutkanus. This is found from 

 North California to Nootka Sound, and 

 is rather taller in growth than R. odoratus, 



Rubus nutkanus (the Nootka Sound Raspberry).. 



the flowers pure white. They are partial 

 to a moist soil, as near the margins of 



a pond or stream. They are among the 

 best shrubs for the wild garden, where 

 in a short time they spread into large 

 masses if in good soil and partial shade. 

 The Salmon Berry (R. spectabilis), from 

 North-west America, has flowers of a 

 bright red and very early. It is best in 

 the rougher parts of the rock-garden or 

 for the wild garden. 



R. biflorus, or R. leucodermis ( White- 

 washed Bramble), from the Himalayas, 

 has tall wand-like stems often 10 ft. or 

 more in height, whitened with a mealy 

 substance on the bark. Its white flowers 

 are not showy, and are succeeded by 

 edible-acid, Raspberry-like fruits. R. 

 australis, from New Zealand, is without 

 true leaves, and prickly. In warm situa- 

 tions on walls it grows several feet high. 

 The beautiful R. rossefolius (Rose-leaved 

 Bramble), from the Himalayan region, is 

 scarcely hardy enough for open-air except 



Rubus laciniatus. 



in favoured spots or against sunny walls. 

 Its double variety (coronarius) has loose 

 clusters of large white flowers, which are 

 very double ; it is often grown as a green- 

 house shrub. Among the best native 

 Brambles are the beautiful double varie- 

 ties of R. fruticosus, which flower late 

 in summer. There are the double pink 

 and the double white kinds, both known 

 under various names ; but the names 

 of double pink and double white are 

 sufficient. As they are forms of distinct 

 species or varieties, they differ in habit, 

 the double pink being much the stronger 

 and more free flowering. When well 

 placed the double pink makes a wide- 

 spreading mass like the common Bramble, 

 and gives from the middle of August till 

 autumn an abundance of bloom, every 

 flower being a rosette of delicate pink 

 petals. The double white is a form of 

 R. tomentosus, and its flowers are larger 

 than those of the double pink, but less 



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