OBNAMENTAL SPECIES 153 



when protected. The rich autumn color developed by 

 the foliage on the young shoots thrown up from the 

 root in spring has offset the loss of the older canes, 

 however. 



Bill) us arcticiis, though a very pretty little spe- 

 cies, can hardly be expected to succeed in cultivation, 

 for it is a native of the far north, and onl}^ extends 

 southward upon the high mountain ranges. It is the 

 most delicate and one of the prettiest members of the 

 family, and would be very desirable if it could only 

 be made to succeed. 



Eubiis phmiicolasins, the "Japanese Wineberry," 

 has been brought more prominently before the public 

 than most other ornamental species (page 148). Its 

 chief attraction lies in the peculiar reddish hairy char- 

 acter of the plant. Except in favorable localities, this 

 is all there is to recommend it, for the canes are killed 

 to the ground ever}' winter, and there are consequently 

 no flowers or fruit. The oddit}^ of the fruit is one of 

 its attractive features, whenever any is produced. It is 

 not at all adapted -to planting in clumps and masses, 

 like most of the species previously mentioned. 



Ruhus s2)ectal)iUs, the Salmon-berry, is a showy 

 member of the family, found native from California 

 northward along the Pacific coast. It is a vigorous- 

 growing shrub, with leaves made up of three sharp- 

 pointed, sharply toothed leaflets, or occasionally deeply 

 three-lobed only. The flowers are red or purple, large 

 and show}', and the fruit large and good, though prob- 

 ably not abundant enough to render it worthy of cul- 

 tivation on that account. It seems to succeed well 



