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still others have been introduced, chiefly from Japan. 

 In the American Horticultural Annual for 1871, 

 p. 93, A. S. Fuller mentions Rubus Armeniacus and 

 R. Kwfmeisterianus, though the latter may have been a 

 misprint for Hoffmeisterianus. The plant referred to 

 was apparently the one better known as Grape-vine 

 Raspberry. The same author mentions* R. Japonicus 

 as having been sent out by the U. S. Department of 

 Agriculture. These long ago passed out of cultivation. 



Among the newer ones may be mentioned R. trifidus, 

 Thunb., known as the "Fire Raspberry." This Japa- 

 nese species is described by Professor Georgeson,t as 

 follows: "The canes are very stout, seven to ten feet 

 high, upright, cylindrical, smooth, no prickles; leaves 

 large, palmately veined, mostly seven-cleft, serrate, 

 dark green above and but slightly lighter below; 

 berry of good size, scarlet; drupes pointed. It ripens 

 gradually through July." 



The Kew Index mentions R. decumbens, Thunb., 

 R. longipetalus , Dougl., and R. tetraphyllus, Willd., as 

 recognized North American species. Of these, R. longi- 

 petalus is given as a name only, while R. tetraphyllns 

 is apparently a misprint, for at the place referred to 

 the name is R. heterophyllus . R. decumbens I have 

 not been able to trace. R. nanus, mentioned in 

 Heller's Catalogue of North American Plants, was 

 collected on the Island of Ascension, and is not an 

 American species. 



*Small Fruit Culturist, 116. tAmer. Garden, 1891, p. 204. 



