All through * 

 and branchlets of our 



' An odt 



The shrub is from t feet in height, 



from the woody perennial 'rootstock; the leav< 

 three to five-lobed, the lobes pointed and roughly 

 The leaves are of a dullish green, varyiiK 

 several inches in diameter to mere b rafts. The blossoms 

 are often as large as those of the Sweet-briar and Dog-rose, 

 but wheu first unfolded are more compact and cup-like. 

 The fruit, which is popularly known by the name of Wild 

 Mulberry, consists of many small red grains, somewhat dry 

 and acid, scarcely tempting to the palate but not injurious 



in any degree. The shrub 







than for its insipid fruit. We] re more 



ornamental rm Kubus. 



' 



Canada ptfttifcN little 



known, which , 

 of our h 

 and un 



Closely r, tne 



White Flo\-- the 



chief differ and the 



shape of the pes a lovely 



pure white and slightly 



smaller and less 1 

 species. 



WILD RED ll.\ Ilchs.). 



}iontaneous; 

 made clearing- 

 has p; D even- 



