FLOWERING TREES AND SHRUBS 178 



Flowers in terminal corymbs, large and nearly circular, 

 purplish-red in colour, and composed of five broad, round 

 petals. The fruit, which is rarely produced in this country, 

 is velvety and amber-coloured. It is a very ornamental 

 species, the ample Maple-like leaves and large flowers 

 rendering it particularly attractive in summer. The leaves, 

 and not the flowers as is generally supposed, are sweetly 

 scented. 



R. phojnicolasius (the Japanese Wine-berry) has showy 

 white flowers, large scarlet fruit, and foliage covered with 

 conspicuous red hairs. 



R ros-efolius. — Rose-leaved Raspberry. Himalayas, 

 1811. Another half-hardy species, and only suited for 

 planting against sunny walls. Leaves pinnate, finer than 

 those of the Raspberry. R. r. coronarius, with semi-double 

 white flowers, is better than the type. 



R. spectabilis. — The Salmon Berry. North America, 

 1827. Grows about 6 feet high, with ternate or tri-lobate 

 leaves that are very thickly produced. Flowers usually 

 bright red or purplish-coloured, and placed on long 

 pendulous footstalks. It is of very dense growth, occa- 

 sioned by the number of suckers sent up from the 

 roots. 



There are also some of the so-called American Brambles 

 well worthy of attention, two of the best being Kittatiny 

 and Lawton's. The Loganberry, a hybrid between a red 

 Raspberry and an American variety, is both hardy and 

 prolific, but is yet scarce. The fruit is like an enormous 

 Raspberry. 



The brambles are particularly valuable shrubs, as owing 

 to their dense growth they may be used for a variety of 

 purposes, but especially for covering unsightly objects 

 or banks. They are all wonderfully floriferous, and 

 succeed admirably even in very poor and stony soils. 

 Increase is readily obtained either from root suckers or by 

 layering. 



