KUBL'S 



KUBUS 



1.38.5 



<r li.'W' .sandy 

 lo vaJne fur 

 as a siibiect 

 Thu K-avps 

 iiiiny places 



thi 

 ind Uh 



Plant weak. 



Till..- prickles 



the flowering 



TraTt. (7?. 



viijL,'' on 

 Wvvly 'iifw ni- 

 l's al]n<jst liPiitaeeous although having 

 winti-r: Ifls. small and thin, oval-pointed 

 sliarply serrate, nearly 

 ns and the veins): fls. 

 iHtimes in 2's) on short, 

 nearly globular, loose, 

 Sandy places. New York 

 Kvcd. Native P>iiits, Figs, 

 en confonndeil with R-vil- 

 isps go. it seems to be well 

 ibablv nut in fnltivatiun. 



iJiPrn 

 ,1(1 2~ 



larger, often ovate-pointed 

 or elliptic: fl. -clusters 4-10- 

 fld., short, more or less leafy 

 and thorny, thr fl. -buds glob- 

 II 1 a r and pubescent : fr. 

 medium in size. lirm. ofteu 

 sweet and goi.'d. Dry fields, 

 Connecticut to the Gulf. 

 and the coninmn Blackberry 

 in many places.— In cultiva- 

 tion this seems to be repre- 

 sented by the viciously 

 thorny Topsy or Tree Black- 

 berry, although the charac- 

 teristic white torn en turn 

 largely disappears under 

 domestication. "Were it not 

 for this tomentum. the sp,-- 

 cies would be diflicult ru 

 distinguish from B. tlori- 

 dus. 



r G. Sira„ip Bhirl-ln-yy 



setosus, Bigel. (B. li/sj>i<]/i.s. var. SKJ'ert'cfus, 

 Pfcki. Mi;'stly freer, sometinits ascending ll-.M ft., the 

 sltnder canes clothed with many weak luosth' recurved 

 prickles and sometimes conspicuously hispid also, the 

 prickles generally extending to the petioles and inflor- 

 escence: Ifts. oblanceolate to ovate, pointed or acumi- 

 nate, very strong-toothed: fr. small, with few drupelets, 

 Idish black. Swamps. (Quebec to Pa. — Not known to 

 be in the trade, but inserted here because it is confused 

 with _ff. ](ispi(-J't.^ and other species. 



AA. Den.-herrirs : PJai^t tniiJtng or dccionhenf. 

 Group 1. Sifniip Brx-hrrriiA, iritli n-enl; Jir/stJj/ sfe/ns, 



obovate shhihiy h'ts.. oinl suml] yrd fntit. 



30. hispidus, Linn. [B. ohor<)lis, 3Iichx. B. .soi'pt'r- 

 virens, Bigel.). Fig. 2210. Stems very slender, scarcely 

 woody but usually persisting over winter, creepim;-. 

 bearing many weak reflexed small bristles: Ifts. usually 

 .'^, thick, shining above, wedge-obovate or oval-obovate, 

 usually obtuse, doubly serrate : fls. small, white, ou few- 

 flowered herbaceous nearly or quite leat^ess peduncles 

 arising from the creeping canes; fr. small and of few 



roup .--. 

 Prn-h. rrirs. 

 off, „ JhiIi-<is 

 sevtniJ-fld. 

 32. vill6sus, Ait. {B. C<i tiadi'usis, 

 Authors, not Linn.). Figs. 2211,2212. 

 Canes strung, often several feet long 

 and usually armed with strong re- 

 curved prickles, not stand* 

 ing alone when full grown 

 .._^^ '■.' but often rising 2 feet from 

 the ground, the shoots 

 niostly glabrous or becom- 

 ing so: ivs, of medium size 

 or becoming very large on 

 strong plants, Arm and 

 Ihirk, the.VTb- 



ovate ]') oi n t ed or 

 a c u m i n a t f and 

 sharplv d ou bl e - 

 toothed: fls. white, 

 few to se^'eral on 

 the ends uf short, 

 leafy shoots of the 

 season: fr. usually 

 ulobose or short-ob- 



ng, shining bl; 

 the drupelets usu- 

 ally large. Fields 

 and roadsides. (Jn- 

 tario (and Ne w - 

 foundland?) to Fla. 

 and Arizona.— The 

 ci'inmon Dewl)err^" 

 of the X-u-tli. oc- 

 curring in many 

 forms in old flelds. 



2206. Rubus nigrobaccus, a wild Hieh- 

 bush Blackberrj- ( -' '-b Xo. 2'2. 



and often a troulilesome pest. There are varieties cult, 

 for the fi'uit. This is the ])hint named Bnhii.s rill08us 

 liy Alton in 17S9, although it has been supposed that he 

 had the High-bush Blackberry [B. )tiijroh<.a-ru.'<}. When 



