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mighl have dimmed the editor's memory, I set about 

 to procure a file of the eighteen volumes of the 

 journal. The sel was found and purchased. One of 

 the volumes contained an account of the dewberry, 

 written bj "T. C. Bartles, of Clinton county, [Uinois," 

 as already quoted, but the narrative gave no infor- 

 mation as to the origin of the berry. It was neces- 

 sary, therefore, to discover the address of Mr. Bartles 

 and to correspond with him, but I could not secure 

 his address. Tin- editor did not remember ir. In 

 vain every horticultural ami agricultural report of 

 Illinois was scanned. Piles of periodicals were 

 Bearched. When every resource seemed to have 

 been exhausted, a catalogue of a western spraj - 

 pump manufacturer fell into my hands, in which was 

 a testimonial of the pumps signed by T. ('. Bartles, 

 Clinton county, Illinois! The catalogue maker sup- 

 plied the posl office address. Bui it turned nut thai 

 this T. C. Bartles, of Buey, Clinton county, 111.. 

 was a townsman hut not kinsman of Dr. Bartelj the 



man who introduced the berry! Dr. Bartel had died 

 some years before, bul Mr. Bartles was able to supplj 

 the history . 



It is only within the hi>t ten years that the dew- 

 berries have attracted much attention from horticul- 

 turists. The varieties have now increased to twentj or 

 more, everj one of which seems to have been picked 

 up in the wild. If we would understand these varie- 

 ties, we musl look more closelj into the botanical fea- 

 tures of the dewberries. The three commonesl sp 

 of dewberries are Rubus inlloxus (Rubun Ctinadensis 

 <>f all writer^), /,'. hispiduft, and //. trivialis. The 

 Aral two are northern species and tin- lasl southern. 



