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of North England and Ireland, and abundantly in 

 Scotland, is a pretty little rock evergreen bush. 

 About Edinburgh pretty edgings are made of it in 

 nurseries. 



Native Briars and Wild Roses. As for the 

 blackberry, raspberry, dewberry, and cloudberry, many 

 may desire to cultivate them, and very interesting it 

 is to observe the differences between some of the 

 sub-species and varieties of blackberries, and the 

 beauty, both in fruit and flower, of the family. 

 Many people, even among those who care for trees 

 and shrubs, have little idea of the variety existing 

 among our native Brambles. Over ninety species and 

 their varieties and wild forms are given in the last 

 edition of the ' London Catalogue ' ! The question of 

 whether these are true species or merely varieties 

 need not trouble us, for plants showing very slight 

 distinction to a botanist may be essentially distinct in 

 beauty and effect. A man might do a more foolish 

 thing than get these together and grow them on some 

 rough bank or corner or even in newly made banks 

 of hedgerows. There is much beauty of leaf among 

 the plants, and variety in the quality of the fruit, 

 some of the kinds being valuable for their fruit. 

 Whatever we may do with brambles, however, our 

 native wild roses deserve a place in fence or 

 hedgerow, or rough banks if convenient. Some indeed 

 come of themselves, but it would be very interesting 

 to grow many of the less common kinds and consider 



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