ROSE FAMILY 



Flowers. May, June. Perfect, white, borne in terminal 

 corymbose clusters, on branchlets apparently borne on one side 

 of the stem. 



Calyx. Five-parted, persistent ; tube short ; sepals acute, 

 usually reflexed. 



Corolla. Petals five, white, small and fugitive, often emargi- 

 nate. 



Stamens. Many, inserted on the calyx. 



Pistil. Carpels many, inserted on a convex receptacle ; style 

 slender. 



Fruit. Each carpel ripens into a small drupe and together 

 they form an aggregate fruit, which is black, shining, hemispher- 

 ical, delicious ; when ripe this falls away from the receptacle, 

 leaving that with the calyx. July, August. 



In late summer the Black Raspberry bush shows 

 clearly its bramble nature. The fruiting stems which 

 in June were so vigorous, so crowded with clusters of 

 ripening berries, are now faded, dishevelled, disheart- 

 ened ; the corymbs of dried calyxes show where the 

 berries were ; the life-impulse is departing from the 

 stem, its vitality is exhausted, it is dying of old age. 



Beside the dying stem stands youth and life and 

 vigor in the person of the young cane springing from 

 the centre of the bush and by a graceful arch meeting 

 the ground two or three feet away. Its strong stem 

 bears the bloom of youth ; its leaves fairly glow with 

 life. Its poise is one of exquisite beauty; but its nat- 

 ure is somewhat feline withal, for it resents disturb- 

 ance and upon occasion will scratch. It has started on 

 its full career ; this summer it will mature the buds 

 which next year will produce the leaves and flowers 

 and fruit of the plant, and then it, too, will go the way 

 of its predecessors. The King is dead ! Long live the 



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