TREES AND SHRUBS 



ROCKY MOUNTAIN BRAMBLE, Ridms delidosus. 



Gardens, lawns, walls. May, June. This very distinct and most beautiful 

 Bramble has well been called the Queen of the genus. It delights in sunshine, 

 making a handsome shrub in the open, but producing its handsome blossoms in 

 greater profusion when on a wall. It is propagated by layers in late summer. 



Floweis white, resembling Dog Rose, 2\ ins. diam., solitary ; Sepals ovate- 

 oblong, with dilated acumination ; tomentose, shorter than petals ; Petals ovate, 

 margins wavy ; Stamens numerous ; Ovarij superior, carpels numerous ; Fruit 

 an etaario of drupels, delicious flavour. 



Leaves alternate, reniform-orbicular, resembling Currant, 3-5-lobed, wrinkled, 

 finely serrated, acute, tomentose when young. If in. long, 1^ in. broad ; 

 stipules persistent. 



A deciduous shrub, 3-6 ft. erect, or 8 ft. against a wall ; Brandies without 

 prickles, tomentose. 



Native of Rocky Mountains; discovered by Dr. James in 1822; introduced 

 to Britain, 1870, by JNIr. Anderson-Henry of Edinburgh. 



BLACKBERRY, Rubus fruticosus. 



Woods, hedges. July — September. A well-known fruiting shrub of the 

 country-side, of which many varieties and hybrids are in cultivation. Pro- 

 pagated by suckers and layers in October or November ; seeds sown in shady 

 border as soon as ripe, or in shallow pans filled with sandy peat and leaf- 

 mould in a cold frame 



Flowers white or pink in terminal racemes ; lateral branches corymbose ; 

 Calyx reflexed, 5-lobed, persistent ; Fruit an etserio of drupels, black or 

 reddish-purple, without bloom, not readily separating from receptacle, sweet 

 or acid-sweet. 



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