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Jc 21. R. LINK//M/S Ser. Link's Bramble. 



Identification. Ser. in Dec. Prod, 2. p. 560. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. ,534. 



Si/iumifinc. R. paniculatus Schlecht., according to Lk. Enum., 2. p. 61. and Tratt, Ros., 3. p. 41., not 

 of Smith. 



Spec. Char., Sgc. Stem prickly. Leaflets 3 5, unequal, ovate acuminate, serrated, tomentose and 

 hoary beneath. Flowers double, in a panicle. (Dec. Prod., \\. p. 560.) It is said to have been 

 introduced in 1821, and to produce double white flowers in June and July ; but it is not stated of 

 what country it is a native : and, whether it be any thing more than a double-flowered variety 

 of the common bramble we have no means of ascertaining, never having seen the plant 



* 22. R. FRUTICO^SUS L. The shrubby Bramble, or common Blackberry. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 707. ; Weihe and Nees Rubi Germanici, p. 25. ; Dec. Prod., ii. p. 561. ; 



Don's Mill, 2. p. 534. 



Synonymes. R. discolor and R. abruptus, in Lindl. Synops. of Brit. Flora, ed. 1. 

 Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 715. ; and our fig. 459. 



Spec. Char., $c. Stem erect [ami afterwards de- 

 curved], 5-angled, rather tomentose, bearing 

 recurved prickles. Leaflets 3 5, ovate-ob- 

 long, acute, glabrous, beneath greyly tomen- 

 tose, each on a secondary petiole. Panicle 

 decompound, narrow, straight. Flowers rose- 

 coloured or white. Sepals reflexed, almost 

 without prickles. Fruit of a purplish black. 

 (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 560. ) A native of Europe, 

 in hedges, thickets, and woods. In Britain 

 abounding in the agricultural zone, and toler- 

 ably frequent in the upland zone ; with, ac- 

 cording to Mr. Winch, a limit similar to that 

 of Tlex europse v a.. t 



Varieties. 



-* R. /. 2 pomponius Ser. R. fruticosus 8 Weihe $ Nces.(flg. 460.) 

 Flowers semidouble or double. Leaves pale green ; leaflets obovate. 

 Cultivated in gardens. This variety may be considered as highly orna- 

 mental, from the large size, and numerous petals, of its flowers, and 

 from its very vigorous growth. Though it will thrive at the roots 

 of trees, and in places where other ornamental plants will hardly 

 grow, yet it produces most effect 

 when it is trained against a wall ; 

 and it is thus treated in some of the 

 principal gardens of Europe. One 

 of the finest specimens we. have 

 ever seen of the double-flowering 

 bramble was in the botanic garden 

 at Pisa, in 1819, where it was trained 

 against a wall, and covered with a 

 profusion of large double white 

 flowers, tinged with pink. Plants 

 in the London nurseries, are Is. 6d. 

 each ; and at Bollwyller 1 franc. 

 -* R. f. 3 tauricus Hort. is a vigorous- 

 growing plant, which produces by 

 far the best fruit of any variety of 

 bramble. There are plants in the 

 Horticultural Society's Garden. 

 -* R. /. 4 flw-e roseo pleno Baum. Cat., the double pink-flowered Bramble, 

 is marked in the Bollwyllcr Catalogue at 3 francs a plant j but we 

 have not seen it in British gardens. 



-* R. /, 5 foliis variegdtis, the variegated-leaved Bramble, is not liable to 

 the objections made to most variegated plants, it not having a dis- 

 eased appearance. 



-* R. /. 6 leucocdrpus Ser. Fruit white. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 561.) 

 Jc R. /. 7 inermu Ser. Stem without prickles. (Dec. 1. c.) 

 -* R./. 8 dalmdticus Tratt. Ros., iii. p. 33. Panicle very large, suprade- 



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