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the corolla. The petals of the corolla are very small 

 (five), with delicate pink tops which are set on the 

 throat of the calyx. At first glance you might easily 

 think that the large flaring flanges of the flowers were 

 parts of the corolla, but a close examination reveals 

 the truth. The flowers are tubular cylindrical, and 

 are carried in short-racemed clusters just as the leaves 

 begin to expand. These leaves are three to five-lobed, 

 wedge-shaped or cordate (often rounded) at the bases. 

 They are palmately veined, the midrib and primary 

 veins being quite conspicuous. These leaves are small, 

 usually about an inch long, and are lobed so conspic- 

 uously you can easily recognize the bush by these alone. 

 The fruit is a brilliant yellowish (later blackish) spher- 

 ical glossy berry, which is very conspicuous in late 

 summer (August) amid the green leaves of this mod- 

 est shrub. Although its fruit catches the eye and sets 

 you wondering what it may be, it is, its flowers which 

 take hold of you, on those rare days of May, when the 

 little yellow horns seem to fairly blow golden music. 

 You will find another good mass of this up by the 

 clump of purple-flowering raspberry, in the north- 

 westerly part of the Ramble, not far from the Swiss 

 Cottage. 



Rubus odoratus. (Purple-flowering Raspberry. No. 

 97.) Near the West Ramble Road Stop, following the 

 path on which you met the slippery elm, you will find 

 a good-sized mass of this low straggling shrub which 

 flings its arms in such delightful abandon along the 

 country roads of summer. You can recognize it, at 

 once, by its maple-like leaves, which are from three to 



