EUBUS 



sweet In the raountams particuliih m the Coast 

 Kangeb of the Pacific slope also iii Id iho — It has 

 come into some piorainence as a fruit jil iiit withm the 

 last dozen jears Named varieties art lu^hmbaiip^h 

 Skagit Chief, Belle of Washington md \\ ishington 

 Climbing Blackberry The spec les is | i ipleiinglj ^ i 

 riable and well niaiked ch ii i i i i i t be asso 



ciated with the ditteient si\u i[ 1 i m i I Loganberry 

 (which see p ')J7) is said t ! i I ^ I 1 1 M tneen this 

 species and if Iihiii^ Ji iiti I i n idedashav 

 ing been crossed with i? ixittiiiit Ims b\ Luther Bui 

 bank TheM-iinmoth Blitkbeii} ot Calitornia is saidti 

 be a cross between if ittifolui^ and the ^\ ild Black 

 berry of Teias (if u)(ri(hi6 /) tsee Pacific Rural Press 

 Sept 4 IblT for description and portrait The account 

 says that the Mammoth produces berries of immense 

 size, supposed to be the largest Blackbeiry ever grown 

 berries 2% inches in length being frequently found 

 * * * The canes of the Mamm ith are verj peculiar 

 being Yer\ laige mil tin ] \\ \ tmI with small shoit 

 spines The i in tiii nh iiiMmh giow thick and 



ning habit and t-i w ti lA ^ » t i iO ft in a season 

 Late in the fall the tips or stolons seek the ground 

 and take root." The variety is partially evergreen in 

 California. The fruit is said to be more acid than the 

 old Lawton Blackberry, but " when perfectly ripe is 

 sweet and of superior flavor." 



36. dumetdrum, Weihe. Fig. 2216. Canes long and 

 slender, terete, often 10-25 ft. long, trailing or half- 

 prostrate, glaucous, thickly beset with rather small 

 somewhat curved spines: Ifts. usually 3, mostly broad- 

 ovate, pointed to acuminate, irregularly sharp-toothed, 

 becoming bronzy and brown in autumn: fls. small, 

 white, the calyx white-tomentose, on short pedicels in 

 a cluster terminating leafy growths of the season: fr. 

 of a few large black drupelets. Europe. — Lately intro 

 duced for the covering of banks and stony places, for 

 which it is highly recommended. Its autumn color is 

 attractive. Hardy in New England. 



R. biflhnts Ham Raspberry apparently allied to R occi- 

 dentaiis ind pri7ed in cult tor itb glaucous white canes; 

 reaches 8-10 ft with strong -irching canes th it bear strong, 

 recurved prickles Itts ov ite or ovil incise sel^^te whitish 

 beneath lis large -ind white 1-3 on diuopiug peihcels beiry 

 amber colored si/eot the i ommon Risplierry the calyx at first 

 erect but finally spre I hng Temperate HimaUj i B M 4bi8. 

 -if CaptnsiS Burbink Under this 



ghly nf IS glowing in places 



- > t I luight ot b-10 



II Ilk Blickeap Rasp 



liort rusty down 





2211. Small form of Rubus villosus, the northern Dewberry. 



Generally kno^vn as H. Canadensis. No. 32. 



and few short scattered prickles ; the fruit is fully as large or 

 larger than Shaffer's Colossal Raspberry, of a purplish wine 

 or mulberry color, and of excellent quality, though the berries 

 do not separate from the receptacle as freely as they should; 

 it is a very promising berry- plant." See Burbank's "New 

 Creations in Fruits and Flowers." June, 1894; also Gu.48, p. 

 126. The picture represents a very rugose leaf with 5 shallow 



nearly rounded lobes and very irregxil 

 stems with curved prickles, and a sran 

 globular short-pedicelled fruits. It is i.r 

 —M.Japom'cus. Veitch. Known to hurt 

 gated form (K. Japonicus tricolor): sl<i 

 colored stems and petioles: Ivs. ovatr, 

 lobed. very sharply toothed, the youn^r 

 and the mature ones blotched green .-ni.l 

 be in cult, in this country. It wmiM i 

 north. The botanical position of tin- pi 



G.C. III. 

 Linn. A large R;r 

 be expected as an 

 Very robust, tli. 

 very variable, I i 

 shallowly 3-.">-l"i> 



6:461.— ii. steliatu 



H. ITT. 



rith 



and spiny: Ivs. 

 •scent beneath. 



white, in con- 

 succulent. B.R. 



fruit, prized in 



' way of N 



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