KUBUS 



RUBUS 



1583 



many feet long and recurving- ov half cliniliing Imt 

 sometimes erect : It'tw. 3-5, ovate or rhumb - uvate, 

 coarsely toutht-d. tbickish, imbescent to white- downy 

 beneath; petioh-w and usually the midribs beneath bear- 

 ing prickles: Hs. in terminal panicles, white or pink, 

 showy, the buds white-pubescent: fr. black or dull red, 



2199 



A yellow-fruitc 



the calyx reflexed, edible but little prized. Europe, 

 where it is common in iields and hedges. As a cult 

 plant, known chiefly in the double-fld. form (as h'. pom 

 pbniiis). Gn. 34. p. 234. Sometimes kuowu as H. spec- 

 tabilis in gardens. 



20. laciniatus, Willd. (i?. frttficdsus, var. JaehiidtH.'^, 

 Hort.). C'UT-LEAVED or Evergreen Blackberry. Fig. 

 2203. A tall, straggling brsh with permanent or peren- 

 nial canes in mild climates, and leaves more or less 

 evergreen, the stems provided with recurved prickles: 

 Ifts. 3, broadly ovate in general outline, exit into several 

 or many oblong or almost linear sharply toothed divi- 

 sions, the ribs prickly below an<l the petioles strongly 



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I 



2200. Rubus neglectus. 



(X : 



The Caroline Raspberry 

 N'l. 17. 



so; fls. in terminal panicles, white or blush, the calyx 

 and pediceLs pubescent or even tomentose: fr. usually 

 thimble-shaped, late, black, often excellent. Gn. 21, p. 

 57; 4.5, p. 78. — This Blackberry is probably native to 

 Europe, where it has been long known in gardens. It is 



apparently only a cut-leaved form of t)ie common Euro- 

 pean IfKbu.'^ ffiilicc.siis. it is now widely scattered, 

 and seems to tlirivr jiartiriilarly well in Hawaii an<l other 

 Pacilic islands and on lb(- l-'aciHc slope. By soine it 

 is supposed to bp native In 11m- Smith Sea Islands (see 

 Bull. i'A, Utali I':x(i. Sia. 1. B is iirobable that Ibe plant 

 has been introduced into the Wesf from those sources, 

 but such fact does not pri>\c its <>ri;:in:d nativity. It 

 has anmscd coiisidcralile attenlinn in ()regoii iind other 

 jiarts of tlio AVrst. and is often known as flic Oi'egon 

 EverlM-ariiig Hla^kiMq-ry. In mild climates Die Inwer 

 parts of 1lie<'ancs nftcii live fro]ii yeai- to yeai- until 

 tliey bpciiiiie as thick as one's wrisl ; and in such cli- 

 matrs tin- lea\'.'s persist for the grea,lHr part of Lhe 

 winter. 'I'iic iilant lias lon;,^ bprn ^rown for ornament in 

 the eastern stairs, but it has not attracted attention as 

 a. fruit-plant in tliis re;;ion. 'J'be fruits are of fair size 

 and (|uali1\', and rijim fr<"im midsummei- or late summer 

 to October". Tin; plant is a go-ni 

 ornamental subject, altbougb it 

 is likely to cause troubli- l»y 

 sprouting at the root. 



r(V.s', tflili lull, IK (Lfl !j ini- 



armed t'/i r)-oir< ij b le n n i a I 



caiie.s, ittnl h'lKj, open (lower- 



clusters. 



21. Canadensis, Linn. (/t'-iU///- 

 spaiKjh-i'i, Britt. ;. Thoknle.s.s 

 Blackbekkv. Very tall and ro- 

 bust (sometimes reaching 10-12 

 ft. high), the canes 

 nearly or quite spine- „, — ,, 



less : Ifts. narrow- f- 



ovate to ovate-lance- 

 olate, long - a c u m j- 

 nate, sharply and 

 nearly evenly ser- 

 rate; stipules usually 

 prominent, narrow ; 

 tis. large, white, in 

 long, open, raceme- 

 like, nearly glalirous 

 clusters, on slender 

 spreading pedicels : 



fr. black, almost globular to short-oblong, usually juicy 

 and good. Eastern Canada, through the high lands of 

 New England. New York and Michigan to mountains 

 of North Carolina. — Not in cultivation, except in botanic 

 gardens and anuxteurs' collections. 



Group) 3. Glandular blackberries, tvilli sioiify thorny 

 bie)inial eaiies and proniinently ijland iilar-pabesc^mf 

 inflorescence. 



22. nigrobdccus, Bailey {B. (v7/').v?f,s', Autliors, 

 not Ait.). Common High-bush Blackberry of 

 the North. Pigs. 2204-6. Canes tall, recurving 

 at the ends, furrowed, the young pails promi- 

 nently glandular-pubescent, the spines usually 

 large and more or less hooked: Ifts. 3-5, ovate- 

 acuminate or sometimes lance -ovate, long- 

 stalked (at least in tlie largest Ivs.). the ter- 

 minal one often heart-shaped at bose, fhe mar- 

 gins nearly regularly strong-serrate, the under 

 surface glandular-pubescent: fls. white, sliowy. 

 the petals narrow, Ijorne in a long, oju'u ra- 

 ceme-like cluster of wbicii the. 

 terminal flower is usually the old- 

 est, ea.'-h ])edicel standing at 

 nearly right angli's to the rachis; 

 fr. black, oblong (varying to 

 nearly gbdiular), usually not very 

 juicy, sweet and aromatic. Every- 

 where in old fields and clearings 

 in the northeastern states, at 

 c om m o n elevations, extending 

 south to North Carolina and west 

 to Iowa, Kansas and Jlissonri.— 

 Known in cultivation in the "Long-cluster Blackber- 

 ries "as Taylor and Ancient Briton. Var. albinus, Bailey, 

 the "White Blackberry," is a state in which the fruits 

 are amber-colored and the bark yellowish green; occa- 

 sionally as far west as Michigan, and probably farther. 



2201. Rubus occidentalis (X t.v)- 



The oriiiinal ot the cultivated Black 



Raspberries. No, 18. 



100 



