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erroneously called salmon-berry, is closely related. It is 

 better known as R. Nuikanus, but since the former name 

 has been found to be the older it must now take the pref- 

 erence. This species and its varieties are found in the 

 region of the great lakes and westward to the Pacific 



Fig. 16. Rubus odoratus 



coast. Its fruit seems to have been rather more important 

 in the wild state than that of R. odoratus, but, in general 

 the species is much the same, except that the flowers are 

 white. Few attempts seem to have been made to culti- 

 vate it. If it could be made to succeed well, it would be a 

 desirable plant to group with the eastern species. (Fig. 17.) 

 The most attractive member of this section of the genus 

 is undoubtedly Rubus deliciosus, of the Rocky Mountains. 



