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plants of a pistillate kind beneath a glass, to protect them from receiv- 

 ing the pollen from neighboring plants, applying pollen to some blossoms 

 and leaving the majority without this impregnation ; only those to which 

 the pollen was applied perfected fruit. SHAKSPEARE has the following 

 allusion to the habitat, or associates of the plant, to illustrate a moral 

 sentiment : 



" The Strawberry grows underneath the Nettle ; 

 And wholesome berries thrive and ripen best, 

 Neighbor'd by fruit of baser quality." 



King Henry V. * 



2. F. Virginia 'na, Ehrh. Peduncles commonly shorter than the leaves ; 

 calyx of the fruit spreading ; fruit ovoid, nodding, the akenes imbed- 

 ded in the pitted surface of the receptacle. 

 VIRGINIAN FRAGARIA. Wild Strawberry. 



Obs. This native species is usually a smaller plant (perhaps for want 

 of culture), but has a close general resemblance to the preceding, and 

 is frequent in old fields and meadows throughout the U. States. Drs. 

 TORREY and GRAY remark, that " the deeply pitted fruit affords the only 

 character for this species that can be wholly relied upon ;" and even that, 

 I fear, is not unexceptionable. It is a deep purple, when mature, and 

 in its wild state, of a more sprightly (sub-acid) flavor than the cultivat- 

 ed sorts. 



8. RU'BUS, L. BRAMBLE. 



[Latin, Ruberor Celtic, Rub red ; from the color of the fruit, or branches.] 



Calyx flattish at base, 5-parted, without bracts at the clefts. Petals 5. 

 Stamens numerous. Carpels mostly numerous, capitate on a protuberant 

 spongy receptacle, becoming succulent and drupaceous, cohering and 

 forming a compound berry, either deciduous or persistent. Perennial and 

 and mostly suffruticose plants. Stems erect or procumbent, usually bien- 

 nial and armed with prickles. Leaves pinnately or pedately compound, 

 sometimes simple. 



$ 1. CARPELS forming a hemispherical fruit, concave beneath, and decid- 

 uous or falling away from the dry receptacle when ripe, (RASPBERRY.) 

 * Leaves simple. 



1. R. odora'tus, L. Stem fruticose, erect, unarmed, hispid with glan- 

 dular hairs ; leaves palmately 3 - 5-lobed, unequally serrate ; stipules 

 nearly free, deciduous ; corymbs terminal, spreading, glandular-pilose and 

 viscid ; flowers large ; sepals with a long acumination. 

 ODOROUS RUBUS. Rose-flowering Raspberry. 



Root creeping. Stem perennial ,3-5 feet high , branching. Leaves 4-8 inches long, and 

 ncn rly as wide as long, cordate at base ; petioles '2-4 or fi inches long. Flowers corymbose ; 

 peduncles and sepals clothed with a purplish clammy glandular pubescence. Petals 

 mostly purplish rose-color. Fruit broad, on a large receptacle, of a palish bright red or 

 scarlet when mature often abortive. 



Korky woodlands and mountains: Canada to Georgia. Fl. June -July. Fr. July-* 

 August. 



