The Oriental Raspberries 



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Fig. 15. Rubus cratcegifolius (X 2 /a). 



January, 1880, and received soon after by the editor, 

 Thomas Meehan, under the name Rubus Hoffmeisteriana. 

 The Chinese raspberry (Rubus cratcegifolius) (Fig. 15). 

 This raspberry possesses little value as a fruit-producing 

 plant, but makes a handsome ornamental shrub, and is 

 well worth growing for that purpose. Its flowers are in- 

 conspicuous, but its foliage and habit are attractive, and 



