WHITE AND PINK BRAMBLES 335 



Garden at Berlin and described and figured by Willdenow, in Wat- 

 son's Dendrologia Britannica, 1825. It was imported to the 

 United States from France by Charles More", of Yorkville, N. Y. 



35. R. ULMIFOLIUS var. BELLIDIFLORUS hort. E. bettidiflorus hort. 

 E. fruticosus flore pleno hort. 



Stem recurved -prostrate or climbing, strong, angular find fur- 

 rowed, finely pubescent above, but not glandular; prickles large, 

 strongly reflexed, from a large, dilated, compressed base; leaves 

 3-5-foliolate, partially persistent; leaflets broadly oval or obovate, 

 acute or cuspidate, coriaceous, slightly rugose above, with very 

 fine close white felt beneath; petioles prickly ; panicles upright, 

 terminal, felted, with prominent angles and large-based strongly 

 recurved prickles, which are more numerous on the pedicels, 

 lower branches of the panicle axillary, the upper subtended by 

 linear- lanceolate bracts, which are more or less deeply 3-cleft at 

 the apex; flowers double, red or white; sepals broadly ovate, cus- 

 pidate, finely white-felted, reflexed in flower; outer petals par- 

 taking somewhat of the f elty character of the calyx ; stamens and 

 styles similar to the petals in color. 



Cultivated both in Europe and America, the parent form a 

 native of southern and western Europe and northwestern Africa. 



This plant was found plentiful and well established at Freder- 

 ick, Maryland, by A. Commons, in 1876. It is there known 

 as "Blackberry Rose," owing to its comparatively double and 

 showy flowers The white -flowered form was received at the 

 horticultural department of Cornell University, from Berlin, 

 under the name E. spcctabilis, although in no way resembling 

 the true B. spectabilis of the United States. 



These appear to be the forms which have long been known as 

 Double White and Double Pink Brambles. Downing describes 

 them* as follows: "They are beautiful climbing shrubs of re- 

 markably luxuriant growth, which may be trained for a great 

 length in a season, and are admirably adapted for covering walls 

 and unsightly buildings. The flowers are like small double roses, 

 and are produced in numerous clusters in June." 



The foregoing list includes the important species 

 which have found a home in the United States, but 



*Fruits and Fruit Trees of America, 446, 



