ROSACEA 



NOOTKA SOUND RASPBERRY, Rubus nutkanm. 



Gardens. Prefers a moist soil and partial shade. May — August. 



Floivei's white, large, 1-2 ins. diam., in a terminal corymbose cluster, few- 

 flowered, 1-2 ins. broad ; Sepals cuspidate, appendage long and slender ; Fruit 

 an etaerio of drupels, red, hemispherical. 



Leaves alternate, 3-5-lobed, resembling Vine, 3 lobes nearly equal, broad, 

 coarsely and unequally serrated, acute. 



A deciduous shrub, 1-10 ft. ; Stems flexuous, glandularly hirsute ; sends 

 up annual shoots like Raspberry. 



Introduced from N.W. America, 1826 ; discovered by Douglas growing 

 wild from North California to Nootka Sound. Known in America as Salmon 

 Berry. 



PURPLE-FLOWERED RASPBERRY, Rubus odoratus. 



Gardens and shrubberies. June — ^August. Thrives best in partial shade. 

 A handsome shrub of very robust growth. Old flowering stems should be cut 

 away in December. Propagate by layers and seeds. 



Floivei's purple-red, showy, 2 ins. diam., in a corymbose cluster ; peduncles 

 many-flowered, bracts membranous ; Calyx lobes with narrow appendage ; 

 Petals 5, rounded, broad ; Fruit an etaerio of drupels, reddish-yellow or amber, 

 flat, broad, velvety, seldom ripening in England. 



Leaves alternate, palmately 3-5-lobed, sometimes 6 ins. diam., lobes minutely 

 serrated, acute, glabrous above, viscid beneath, sweet scented ; larger ones on long 

 viscid petioles, those near ends of shoots nearly sessile and 3-lobed. 



A deciduous shrub, 3-8 ft. ; Stem glandularly hirsute, without prickles, 

 erect ; suckers freely produced ; Buds ovoid, scales hirsute. 



Introduced from N. America, 1739. Called Flowering Raspberry in U.S.A. ; 

 in England also known as Virginian Raspberry and Scented Bramble. 



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