Nat. Ord. Rckace^. 



FLOWEEIXG EASPBERRY. 



Ruhus Odoratus* 



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N English gardens our beautiful Red-Flowered, Sweet- 

 Scented Raspberry is deemed worthy of a place in the 

 shrubberies, but in its native country it is passed by 

 because it is not an exotic, and therefore regarded as of 

 little worth.^ — Like a prophet it has no honour in its own country. — . 

 Yet what can be more lovely than its rose-shaped blossoms, from the 

 deep purplish-crimson bud wrapped in its odorous mossy calyx, to 

 the unfolded flower of various shades of deep rose and paler reddish 

 lilac. The flowers of the Red Raspberry derive their pleasant aro- 

 matic odour from the closely-set coating of short bristly glandular 

 hairs, each one of which is tipped with a gland of reddish hue, con- 

 taining a sweet-scented gum, as in the mossy envelope of the moss- 

 rose of the garden. These appendages, seen by the aid of a power- 

 ful microscope, are objects of exquisite beauty, more admirable than 

 rubies and diamonds, living gems that fill us with wonder while we 

 gaze into their marvellous parts and glorious colours. 



AU through the hot months of June, July and August, a succes- 

 sion of flowers are put forth at the ends of the branches and branchlets 

 of our Sweet Raspberry — 



"An odorous chaplet of sweet summer buds." 



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