474 Select Plants for Industrial Culture and 



Bubus Chamsemorus, Linn& 



The Cloudberry. North-Europe, North-Asia, North- America, par- 

 ticularly in the frigid zone. In Norway it grows northward to lat. 

 71 10' [Schuebeler]. A perennial but herbaceous plant; a pigmy 

 amongst Raspberries ; nevertheless it is recommended for introduction 

 to spongy, mossy, alpine moors, on account of its grateful amber- 

 coloured or red fruit ; it thrives best on moist patches of Sphagnum. 

 R. Arcticus (Linne) with fruit of exquisite taste, is usually its com- 

 panion in the high north. A similar little herb, living for a great 

 part of the year in snow namely R. Gunnianus (Hooker) occurs on 

 the alpine heights of Tasmania, whence it might be easily transferred 

 to snowy mountains of other countries. The fruit of R. Gunnianus 

 is red and juicy, but not always well developed. To this category of 

 dwarf plants with edible fruits belongs also R. Macgregorii (F. v. M.) 

 from British New Guinea, restricted to cold elevations from 12,000 

 to 13,000 feet. R. calycinus (Wallich), occurring on the Indian 

 mountains in regions between 4,000 and 9,000 feet, is also a dwarf 

 herbaceous species, having a creeping stem and scarlet fruits, usually 

 however with but few fruitlets. 



Rubus crataegifolius, Bunge. 



The North-Chinese Raspberry-shrub, extending to Ussur, occurring 

 also in Japan. A hybrid between this and R. ursinus, raised by L. 

 Burbank, is brought prominently under notice by H. Van Deman as 

 a very laudable kind. It is a vigorous and productive climber, the 

 fruit of the colour of a Blackberry but with a flavor more that of a 

 Raspberry. 



Bubus cuneifolius, Pursh. 



The Sand-Blackberry. Eastern North-America. A dwarf shrub. 

 The fruit is of agreeable taste. 



Bubus deliciosus, Torrey.* 



About the sources of the Missouri. An erect, exceedingly hand- 

 some shrub. Fruit raspberry-like, large and delicious [Dr. James]. 

 As hardy as R. odoratus. The slender branches bending downward ; 

 decorative also on account of its large flowers [Stein]. Foliage 

 remarkably odorous [Masters], 



Bubus ellipticus, Smith.* (R.flavus, Hamilton.) 



On the mountains of India, from 4,000 to 7,000 feet elevation, also 

 in Ce\Ion and Yunan. A large evergreen rather erect hush with 

 formidable prickles. It bears yellow fruits, which are reckoned in 

 odor and taste fully equal to the ordinary raspberry [C. B. Clarke], 

 Serves also as a fence-plant [" Queenslander," June, 1892]. 



