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126 WEEDS AND USEFUL PLANTS. 
Obs. The fruit of this is pleasantly flavored—but is rarely perfected 
under pare nese and indeed is often abortive in its native localities. I 
have seen it on the mountains in August, bearing flowers and ripe frui 
at the same rae It is — er a troublesome plant, when inieodugest into 
yards and gardens,—sending up numerous suckers. The nearly —_ an 
Nutkanus, Moczno, the white flowering Raspberry, which h 
and smaller flowers, is common along the lakes of the 'N orth-west, wali is 
sometimes cultivated. 
** Leaves (pinnately or pedately) 3 — 5-folzolate. 
- . Ipz’v: — Stem suffruticose, erect, terete, not glaucous, hispid 
ase, ait mewhat prickl above ; leaves pinnately 3 — 5-folio- 
at eee riombo id-ovate ; flowers in paniculate corymbs ; petals en- 
carpels slightly piles finely pubescent, not pitted in drying. 
= ‘Bupie: ce Raspberry. Garden Raspberry. Ate 
Fr. Framboisier. Germ. Die Himbeerstaude. Span. Frambuéso. 
PE SE Ys SEN ee: We ae ems 
Root creeping. eel 3-5 feet Bai Bittmeter mostly hispid when young, especially 
towards the base—smoothish (or pubescent) and armed with slender recurved 
prickles abov remo hispid bark: Below, exfoliating the second year. Lower leaves 
- y fives - 1é upper ones ‘ioles ie -3 or 4 inches lon 
Siinahie Song. scivhinaio, nen Las erat ge : 5 lp 
with a dense athe: eottony ‘omentum beneath. Peials white. _ Carpels incuryed at apex, 
et with a very fine, , Whitish, when . 
ature. 
© Ganacus : cultivated. Native of Europe. Fl. May. Fr. July. 
Obs. This species is much ici for its favorite fruit. ae plant 
ang resents some varieties—particularly in the size and complexion of the 
it ; and J am not sure that the talowee samy ae native 8 eet 
rege is found on our mountains, is not sometimes 
it in the gardens. It requires some attention = ee the sea "fron 
spreading unduly, in a mellow soil, by means of its rambling roo 
tare Nd 
3. R. strigo’sus, Mz. Stems slightly glaucous, beset with stiff abe 
bristles aang of them becoming beak-hooked prickles) ; leaflets oblong- 
ovate ; fruit light red. 
Srricose Rusus. Wild Red Raspberry, 
Stem 3~5 feet high, light Lower leaves odd-pinnate by fives, the wpper ones 
ternate ; leaflets about 3 ~ orton og hoary beneath, the terminal one often cordate at base. 
tga di 4-6-flowered, axillary and terminal, often aggregated and forming a leafy pani- 
cle atthe tO ay in cleared land. FI. May. Fr. July. 
Obs. This species is common northward, especially in mountainous 
regions. It often appears in great profusion where timber lands have 
been burned over. We have seen it on the potash in Pieoer in the 
fruiting season, in a abundance as to ae an uni : to 
__ Jarge tracts and ving a delicious flavor not nieernay y the cultivated 
eed that be hood distinct. The fruit is largely co: in Maine 
_ for making Raspberry Syrup. If the juice is squeezed from from the berries 
