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PRACTICAL GUIDE TO GABDEN PLANTS 



EUBUS 



Besides the kinds described below 

 there are many others to be found in 

 botanical collections such as Kew, but 

 they are scarcely worth mention here from 

 a flower garden point of view. 



The Baspberry (JB. Idmus) is treated 

 separately at p. 1085. 



R. arcticus. — A small non-prickly 

 species about 6 in. high, native of the 

 Arctic regions. Leaves 3-foliolate with 

 rhomboid-ovate coarsely toothed leaflets. 

 Flowers in June, rose-pink, useful for the 

 rock garden. 



Culture dc. as above. 



R. australis. — A distinct-looking New 

 Zealand climber with prickly stems and 

 practically no leaves as popularly under- 

 stood. There is, however, great variation 

 in regard to these, as some forms have 

 large deep shining green leaves, composed 

 of 3-5 leaflets with coarsely toothed mar- 

 gins. Flowers in early summer, pink or 

 white, fragrant, about ^ in. across. Fruit 

 yellow, juicy. This is not quite hardy 

 in all parts, and should be trained up a 

 south wall. 



CuHyiire dc. as above. 



R. biflorus. — A tall prickly Himalayan 

 species, with whitish stems, leaflets 3-5, 

 ovate, doubly toothed, downy or hairy 

 above, white and wooUy beneath. 

 Flowers in May, white, ^-f in. across. 

 Fruit golden -yellow. 



Culture dc. as above. Even in a leaf- 

 less condition in winter, this species can- 

 not fail to attract attention, as its cane- 

 like stems stand out clearly on the land- 

 scape, being so white that the uninitiated 

 are apt to imagine them to be white- 

 washed. 



R. Chamaemorus (Cloudberry). — A 

 non-prickly British species 4-8 in. high. 

 Leaves 5-7-lobed, crenate, wrinkled. 

 Flowers in summer, white, 1 in. across ; 

 sepals hairy. Fruit orange-yellow, i in. 

 in diameter. 



Culture dc. as above. 



R. deliciosus. — A beautiful North 

 American climber, with roundish, kidney- 

 shaped, wrinkled leaves slightly 3-5-lobed, 

 finely serrated. Flowers in May, purple, 

 about 2 in. across, produced in great abun- 

 dance. Fruit large, delicious flavour. 



Culture dc. as above. This may be 

 grown as a shrub by cutting back the 

 shoots. It is very ornamental when in 

 bloom and may be used in clumps by 



itself or in the shrubbery in an open 

 situation. 



R. fruticosus [BlacTcberry ; Bramble). 

 A well-known prickly denizen of 

 British and Irish hedges, copses, and 

 waste places, with beautiful white or 

 pink flowers, and large black or reddish- 

 purple fruits, excellent either in a raw, 

 cooked, or preserved state. The double 

 white and double pink varieties with 

 flowers like rosettes are very pretty and 

 well worth having in any Bramble 

 collection. There is also a form with 

 variegated leaves. Some of the American 

 varieties, like Lawtons, Kittatimny, 

 Mammoth, do not thrive in this country, 

 but the Pa/rsley-lea/ved Blachberry grows 

 very well. 



Culture dc. as above. 



R. japonicus tricolor. — A handsome 

 Japanese trailer with slender stems, 

 and leaves with 3-lobed toothed or 

 serrate margins, and remarkable for 

 their pretty white and green marbling, 

 mixed with soft rosy-pink. The young 

 leaves look particularly handsome. 



Culture dc. as above. This is a newly 

 introduced Bramble and wOl no doubt 

 prove quite hardy, at least in the mild 

 southern and western parts of the kingdom. 



R. laciniatus. — A distinct, prickly, 

 straggling species with leaves composed 

 of 3-5 > dissected and sharply serrated 

 leaflets somewhat downy beneath. 

 Flowers from June to September, white 

 or rosy ; petals 3-lobed at the apex. 



Culture dc. as above. 



R. lasiostylus. — A Chinese species 4-5 

 ft. high, densely set with prickles, and 

 covered with a bluish-white bloom. 

 Flowers in summer, small, reddish- 

 purple. 



Ciiltni-e dc. as above. 



R. leucodermis. — A native of N.W. 

 America somewhat like B. biflorus, but 

 it is not such a strong grower, nor are 

 the prickly stems so white, but more 

 distinctly bluish. Flowers white. Fruit 

 yellowish-red, with a good flavour. 



Culture dc. as above. 

 , R. neglectus. — A N. American plant 

 supposed to be a hybrid between B. 

 occtdentalis and B. strlgosus. It has 

 stout prickly stems about 8 ft. high 

 covered with a white or bluish-white 

 bloom. Flowers white. Fruit dark red. 



Culture dc. as above. 



