THE BRAMBLE 



RUBUS FRUTICOSUS 



THE latest theory about the Brambles is that 

 there are no fewer than one hundred and 

 three different kinds growing in our little 

 British Isles, which speaks volumes for their 



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a, sepals, b, petals, c, stamens, d, ovaries, styles, stigmas, d', single fruit. 



variability ! Some botanists, however, are not so 

 exacting, and content themselves with discover- 

 ing forty-five species, others sixteen, and others, 

 again, are satisfied to class them under five species, 

 though they admit that individual Brambles show 



many peculiarities, for Brambles, unlike daisies, 



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