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DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SHRUBS 



flowers, near the ends of the branches, bloom from May until frost. The 

 fruit, remaining on through the winter, seems like four black beads sur- 

 rounded by the large persistent calyx. The flowers are 1^ inches broad, 

 abundant in May and June and appearing irregularly through the rest of 

 the summer. It is a much-branchiug shrub o to C feet high, rendered 



very ornamental by the foliage as 

 well as the flowers and fruit. 



[Seeds; twig cuttings.] 



. _,nqi:efoils are 



generally yellow- 



FiG. 247. — Strawberry -Raspberry. 



flowered herbs, but one species fre- 

 quent in cultivation is a valuable 

 shrub 1 to 4 feet high with peculiar 



shreddy bark and compound 3- to ^ ^ , , ,„ , , 



„,,,,, m ■.^ •, Fig. 248. — Cut-leaved Blackberry, 



/-bladed leaves. The blades are 



linear, pointed, ^-1 inch long with silky surface and rolled edges. The 



flowers are bright yellow, showy, an inch or more broad with five petals 



and many stamens, blooming through the summer. The fruit appears 



like many dry seeds, achenes, in the hairy calyx. Shrubby Potex- 



TiLLA or CiNQUEFoiL (245) — Potcntilla frutic6sa. [Seeds; divisions.] 



Rubus. The Raspberries, Dewberries, and Blackberries are a 

 large and varied group (1000 species) of useful fruits of the north temper- 

 ate zone. Some trafl over the ground, others grow to the height of 6 to 

 8 feet ; nearly all are prickly and so are called Brambles. Only the few 

 species cultivated for their beauty need description here. 



