ioG DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SHRUBS 



B. Flowers white in smaller clusters. Salmon Berry. White- 

 flowering Raspberry — Rubus parvifl6rus. 

 A. Flowers small, ^ inch, white ; leaves small, 2-4 inches ; 

 stems reddish, smooth with a few straight prickles. An excellent 

 plant for covering waste places. Hawthorn-leaved Rasp- 

 berry — Rubus cratsegifolius. 



* Leaves compound 3- (rarely 5-), bladed ; fruit raspberry- or cap- 



shaped. (C.) 

 C. Fruit red (rarely yellow or whitish) ; stems prickly and often 



slightly bristly. "Wild Red Raspberry — Rubus idteus acu- 



leatfssimus (R. strigosus). 

 C. Fruit red, small, nearly inclosed in an enlarged calyx ; stems 



densely clothed with brown glandular hairs ; leaves white-hairy 



beneath. Wineberry — Rubus phoenicol^sius. 

 C. Fruit black ; stems recurving and rooting at tips with straight 



prickles but no bristles. Blackcap — Rubus occidentalis. 

 C. Fruit black ; stems upright or ascending, with stout recurved 



prickles ; leaves white-woolly beneath. Sand Blackberry 



— Rubus cuneifolius. 



* Leaves compound, 3-7-bladed ; stems long, only half ascending, 



rising about 2 feet from the ground, armed with strong recurved 

 prickles; fruit solid, blackberrjMike. Dewberry — Rubus villosus. 



* Leaves pinnate of 5-15 narrow notched blades ; flowers large, U-2 



inches broad, white ; fruit thimble-shaped, large, 1-1 1 inches 

 long, bright red, not very edible ; erect, tall, kills to the ground 

 North but hardy and evergreen South. Strawberry-Raspberry 

 (247) — Rubus rossefolius. 



With hairy and hispid stems, var. sorbif51ius. 



With double flowers, Brier ' Rose ' or Bridal ' Rose ' — Var. 

 coron^rius (R. grandiflbrus). 



* Leaves of many sharply notched blades forming a twice-compound 



foliage. • The three primary divisions are divided into many blades 

 somewhat in a pinnate way. The canes and leaves have many 

 recurved sharp prickles. In warm countries the canes persist till 

 they become as thick as the wrist, and form tall bushes with almost 

 evergreen leaves ; in the North they show a tendency to spread over 

 the ground. The black fruit ripens from summer till Oct. Cut- 

 leaved or Evergreen Blackberry (248) — Rubus lacini^tus. 



Rbsa. The Rose is the most universally admired and cultivated plant 

 in gardens. It would need a large volume to do the plant justice or to 

 describe in an intelligent way the many tliousand named species and 

 varieties. All that will be attempted here is a description of the most 



