430 Select Plants for Industrial Culture and 



Rubus lasiocarpus. Smith. 



India, reaching in the Himalayas an elevation of about 10,000 

 feet, in Ceylon of 7,000 feet, in Java of 6,000 feet. The fruit is very 

 palatable. R. opulifolius (Bertoloni) is closely allied. R. lanatus 

 (Wallich) affords also edible but rather insipid fruits in Upper 

 India [Aitkison]. 



Rubus Macraei, Asa Gray. 



Hawaia, high up on the mountains. The " Akala." The fruit 

 attains a diameter of nearly 2 inches, is dark-red, very juicy, and 

 although slightly bitter quite pleasant to the taste [Dr. Hillebrand] . 

 Would likely improve under cultivation. 



Rubus Moluccanus, Linne.* 



India, continental as well as insular, there ascending to 7,000 

 feet, advancing southward through New Guinea and East- Australia 

 to Gippsland, northward to China and eastward to the Philippine- 

 Islands and Fiji. A very tall and variable species. Fruit red. A 

 variety, R. reticulatus (Wallich), ascends the Indian mountains to 

 10,000 feet [Sir J. Hooker], and is remarkable for its large fruit. 

 The plant proved hardy at Christiania. It ripens in warm climes 

 its fruits all the year round. 



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 [Aitkison], but not of large size [J. Hooker]. A 

 species easily spreading and probably improvable by culture. 



Rubus occidentalis, Linne.* 



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. 



Rubus odoratus, Cornuti. 



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

 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, Linne. 



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

 finer fruits in the Alps of Australia than in the lowlands. Tt 



