many feet Ions 

 sometimes 

 coarsely toothed, 

 beneath, petioles 

 ing prickleb fls 

 showy, the buds \ 



apparently onl 

 pean Jilt bus 

 and seems to t! 

 Pacific islaii.b 

 is supposed ti: 

 Bull. (i4. Utah 



of the common Euro- 



■H- widfly scattered. 



I ill HawMii and other 



sl(.|.r. I'.v some it 



No. 14 



the calyx reflexed, edible but little prized. Europe, 

 where it is common in fields and hedges. As a cult 

 plant, known chiefly in the double-fid. form (as M. pom 

 pdnms). Gn. 34, p. 234. Sometimes known as Ji. spec- 

 tabilis in gardens. 



20. laciniiltus, Willd. (B. friitledsns, var. lacinidhis, 

 Hort.). Cut-leaved or Evergreen Blackberry. Fig. 

 2203. A tall, straggling bi-sh with permanent or peren- 

 nial canes in inilci climates, and leaves more or less 

 evergrein, the stems provided with recurved prickles: 

 Ifts. o. broadly ovate in general outline, cut into several 

 or many oblong or almost linear sharply toothed divi- 

 sions, the ribs prickly below and the petioles strongly 



-l:i. i. Il is l.r.il.able tliat tlie plant 

 has been iinr".iie e.l mh. ilie West from those sources, 

 but sueli la.t (1,.,^ n.ii |,t,,ve its Original nativity. It 

 has ai'Mi-ril e.iii-i<iei;iM( iiiieiitiou lu Orcgon and other 

 parts ,.t tlje West, and is ,,iieii known as the Oregon 

 Everbearing Bhiekherry. In mild climates the lower 

 parts of the caues often live from year to year until 

 they become as thick as one's wrist; and in such cli- 

 mates the leaves persist for the greater part of the 

 wiiitei- 'I'll.. ].|:i,it ),;is long been grown for ornament in 

 lie' I .1- < 1 ■ -' i:- - init it has not attracted attention as 

 ■' In-.' -region. The fruits are of fair size 



■iiel '!' : ' 11 from midsummer or late summer 



iM I iiii.i.c r. I'h, [.hint is a good 

 ornamental siil.jeet. although it 

 is likely to cause trouble by 

 sprouting at 



Group '2. TliornU. 

 ries, with tall, 

 armed furrowed biennial 

 canes, and long, open flower- 

 clusters. 

 21. Canad6nsis,Linn.(J?.J/H/- 



spauqhii, Britt.j. Thornless 



Blackberry. Very tall and i 



bust (sometimes reaching 10-1? 



so; fls. m terminal panicles, white or blush, the i 

 and pedicels pubescent or even tomentose: fr. us 

 thimble-shaped, late, black, often excellent. Gn. S 

 57; 45, p. 78. -This Blackberry is probably nati 

 Europe, where it has been long "known in gardens. 



100 



2201. Rubus occidentalis (X M). 



The origin.al of the cultivated Black 



Raspberries. No. 18. 



fr. black, almost globular to short-oblong, usually juicy 

 and good. Eastern Canada, through the high lands of 

 New England, ^ew Vork and Michigan to mountains 

 of North Carolina —Not m cultivation, except in botanic 

 girdens and amateurs collections 

 Glandular Blackl 

 nd ptomin 



22 mgrobaccus Bailey (if. f(7MsMs, Authors, 

 not Alt ) Common High bush Blackberry of 

 the North Fi^s 2204-0 Canes tall, recurving 

 at the ends furiowed the young parts promi- 

 nentlv gliudul ir pubescent the spines usuallv 

 large and mme or less hooked: Ifts. 3-5, ovate- 

 acuminate (ir sometimes lance -ovate, long- 

 stalked (at least in the liigest Ivs.), the ter- 

 minal one often heart shaj td at base, the mar- 

 gins nearly regularh strong-serrate, the under 

 surface glanduldi pubescent: fls. white, showy, 

 the petals narrow, borne in a long, open ra- 

 ceme-like cluster of which the 

 terminal flower is usually the old- 

 est, each pedicel standing at 

 nearly right angles to the rachis : 

 fr. black, oblong (varying to 

 nearly globular), usually not very 

 juicy, sweet and aromatic. Every- 

 where in old fields and cle.arings 

 in the northeastern states, at 

 common elevations, extending 

 south to North Carolina and west 

 to Iowa, Kansas and Missouri.— 

 Known in cultivation in the "Long-cluster Blackber- 

 ries "as Taylor and Ancient Briton. Var. alblnus, Bailey, 

 the "White Blackberry," is a .state in which the fruits 

 are amber-colored and the bark yellowish green; occa- 

 sionally as far west as Michigan, and probably farther. 



