A ROCKY MOUNTAIN BRAMBLE 307 



In California it becomes more tomentose, especially on the 

 under side of the leaves (var. velutinus [Hook & Arn.] Brewer). 



This is practically a white-flowered B. odoratus, its general 

 character being otherwise much the same. In Europe it has been 

 sometimes mentioned in gardening journals as B. odoratus var. 

 alha. It is an attractive shrub, well worthy of cultivation. Al- 

 though found in severe climates, it has not proved hardy at the 

 Arnold Arboretum.* It was there grown from seeds collected in 

 a mild climate, which may have rendered the plants tender. This 

 is called Salmon-berry in Gray's Botany of California, but that 

 name appears to belong properly to B. spectaWis of the Pacific 

 coast. 



3. R. DELiciosus, tjames. B. Neo Mexicamis, Gray. 



Stem woody, 3-4 feet (9-12 decimeters^ high, branched, erect, 

 smooth, or with bark loosened and shredded ; petioles and young 

 shoots red ; leaves reniform -orbicular, slightly rugose, very mi- 

 nutely glandular, somewhat 3-5 lobed, unequally and oftener 

 finely serrate, 1-2 inches (2.5-5 cm.) broad ; peduncles, petioles 

 and calyx slightly pubescent, but not glandular ; stipules lanceo- 

 late, acuminate ; peduncles mostly one-flowered ; flowers white, 

 1-2 inches (2.5-5 cm.) broad; sepals oval or ovate-lanceolate, 

 appendage linear or slightly dilated, shorter than the segments ; 

 petals obovate, nearly twice the length of the sepals; fruit pur- 

 plish or dirty wine-colored, hemispherical, drupes large and soft, 

 resembling a red raspberry (Fig. 51). 



Original distrihution. — Sources of the Missouri and canons of 

 the Colorado. 



The fruit of this beautiful Rocky Mountain species was origi- 

 nally described as "delicious," but later observers do not concur 

 in the opinion. The seeds are large, covered with only a thin 

 pulp, and the flavor is insipid. It was originally discovered by 

 Professor James, in 1822, and has long been known in England, 

 where it appears to be appreciated. Excellent figures have ap- 

 peared in English horticultural and botanical journals. Garden- 

 ers there report success in propagating it by seeds, root-cuttings 

 and stem -cuttings. It has been thoroughly tested at the Arnold 

 Arboretum and found perfectly hardly, although it seldom bears 

 fruit. It does not throw up suckers from the root, and is difficult 



*Garden and Forest, 1:261. 



