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peculiar and attractive plant, and well worth grow- 

 ing as an ornamental. It had been known in this 

 country and sold under its true botanical name by 

 Ellwanger & Barry, and perhaps by other nursery- 

 men, long before its dissemination by Mr. Childs. 

 It was described in "The Gardener's Monthly" for 

 January, 1880, and received soon after by the edi- 

 tor, Thomas Meehan, under the name Rubus Hoff- 

 meisteriana. 



The Chinese Raspberry (Rubus cratcegifolius) . 

 This raspberry possesses very little value as a fruit- 

 producing plant, but makes a handsome ornamental 

 shrub, and is well worth growing for that purpose. 

 Its flowers are inconspicuous, but its foliage and habit 

 are attractive, and its autumn coloring is often su- 

 perb. It is more fully described among the orna- 

 mental species (page 152) and in the botanical section 

 (Chap. XL). 



ORNAMENTAL SPECIES 



We are accustomed to think of the members of this 

 family only as fruit -producing plants, yet many of 

 them possess considerable attractiveness as ornamentals, 

 and are well worthy a place in any grounds. Some of 

 them are beautiful in themselves, especially if grown in 

 free and natural clumps, but more especially are they 

 valuable for grouping with other trees and shrubs. 

 Many of the most desirable species are natives of 

 America, and possibly because of this are better appre- 

 ciated in Europe than here. It is a well-known fact 

 that we are wont to pass by beautiful things growing 



