Hardy Exoiic Plants for Naturalization. 71 



THE ROSE FAMILY. 



Hosy Spiraea. Spiraa venusta. North America. 

 Deciduous shrub; 2^ feet to 3^ feet; purplish-rose; 

 summer; seed or division. — ^Associated with the hand- 

 somer and taller perennials. 



Chili Avens. Geum chilense. Chili. Evergreen 

 perennial ; 2 to 3 feet ; scarlet ; summer ; seed or divi- 

 sion. — In any grassy or rocky places, or on banks. 



Mountain Avens. Geum montanum. Alps and 

 Pyrenees. Herbaceous perennial ; 8 to 10 inches ; 

 yellow ; summer ; seed or division. — In upland pastures 

 or boggy places, or on stony ground or banks. 



Indian Strawberry. Fragaria indica. India. Trail- 

 ing herb ; 3 to 6 inches ; yellow ; summer ; seed or 

 runners. — Rocky places and banks, amidst dwarf Alpine 

 plants and trailers in ordinary soil. 



White-stemmed Bramble. Rubus bifiorus. Western 

 America, A vigorous erect bramble ; white ; summer ; 

 seed or cuttings. — Warm places in woods, copses, and 

 on sunny wood banks, where its large white stems will 

 show to great advantage ; also fine for rocky places. 



Nootka Sound Bramble. Rubus nutkanus. North- 

 ern America. Shrub ; 3 to 6 feet ; white ; summer ; 

 seed or cuttmgs. — Almost any positions in woods, shrub- 

 beries ; best near the walks ; in all cases allowed to " run 

 wild"— an excellent subject for naturaUzation. 



Sweet-seented Bramble. Rubus odoratus. Northern 

 America. Shrub ; 4 to 6 feet ; purplish-red ; summer ; 

 seed or cuttings. — Similar positions to those for the pre- 

 ceding kind, and associated with them. 



