ROSE FAMILY. Rosaceae. 



and all but a few of the upper ones have from three to 

 seven leaflets. The flowers are about an inch across and 

 the petals vary a good deal, being sometimes broad and 

 sometimes rather long and narrow. This is common from 

 southern California to British Columbia. 

 Thimble-berry In shad ^ mountain woods we find this 



Rubus parvifldrus attractive plant, which is called Salmon- 

 White berry farther east. It also resembles the 

 Spring, summer eastern Thimble-berry, but its flowers are 

 West, etc. prettier, for they are white instead of j 

 purplish-pink. It has several branching stems, from two j 

 to six feet high, the lower ones woody, with shreddy bark : 

 and the upper stems pale green, slightly rough and hairy, !i 

 but with no thorns. The large maple-like leaves are thin j 

 in texture, but almost velvety, with hairs on the veins of j 

 the under side and on the leaf-stalks, and are bright green, I 

 with three or four, toothed lobes. The flowers are occa- I 

 sionally pinkish and measure about two inches across, and || 

 grow, a few together, at the ends of long flower-stalks. I 

 The petals are slightly crumpled and there are usually I 

 five of them, but both sepals and petals vary a good deal 

 in number; the green sepals are velvety, pale inside and 

 tipped with tails, and the pale yellow center is composed I 

 of a roundish disk, covered with pistils and surrounded by 

 a fringe of numerous yellow stamens. The fruit is a I 

 flattish, red raspberry, disappointing to the taste, for it is | 

 mostly seeds. This is found as far east as Michigan. 



. A charming little vine, without prickles, I 



Raspberry ^he stems from one to three feet long and 



Rubus peddtus rooting at the joints, trailing over rocks I 

 White and moss and creeping along the ground, j 



:l um ornamented with pretty leaves, with from 11 



three to five leaflets, and sprinkled with j 

 white flowers, half an inch or more across, and often also I 

 with juicy, red raspberries. This grows in rich soil, in | 

 mountain woods. 



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