EUBUS 



BOSH OBDEB 



CHAM^BATIA 373 



R. nutkanus. — A native of Nootka 

 Sound, with hairy, flexuous stems 1-10 

 ft. long. Leaves 5-lobed, coarsely and 

 unequally toothed. Flowers in August, 

 white, large, followed by red fruits. 



Culture and Propagation. — This 

 species thrives near water or in moist 

 soil, and may be increased in the ways 

 mentioned above. It ripens seeds freely 

 in the British Islands. 



R. occidentalis [Thimbleberry or 

 Black Baspherry). — A native of the 

 Eastern United States and Canada, with 

 dull bluish-white arching stems 5-6 ft. 

 high. Mowers white, succeeded by 

 purple-black fruits. 



Culture dc. as above. 



R. odoratus (Purple Virginian Hasp- 

 berry). — A non-prickly N. American 

 species 3-5 ft. high, with 3-5-]obed 

 leaves, minutely toothed. Flowers from 

 Jtme to August, purple-rose, 2 in. across, 

 many on a stalk. 



Culture Sc. as above. 



R. phoenicolasius (Japamese Wine- 

 berry). — A tall-growing Japanese species 

 covered with stiff glandular purple-red 

 hairs. Leaves 5-7 in. long, 3-foliolate or 

 simple ; leaflets crenate-serrate, downy 

 white beneath. Flowers in June, pale 



pink, succeeded by scarlet fniits J in. long, 

 to which birds are very partial. 



Culture dc. as above. 



R. rossefolius. — A Himalayan species, 

 fit only for the mildest parts of the 

 country. Leaflets 5-7, ovate lance-shaped, 

 pointed, deeply serrated. Flowers ia 

 August, white, about 1 in. across. Frviit 

 orange-red. The double variety coro- 

 na/rius is a great improvement on the 

 type, but is likewise tender. It makes 

 pretty specimens if grown in small pots in 

 the greenhouse during the winter months. 

 According to the ' Kew HandUst ' this 

 variety is now known as B,, thyrsoides fl, 

 pi., but the name roscefoUus is very de- 

 scriptive of the foliage and is retained 

 here as it is much better known. 



R. spectabilis {Salmon Berry). — A 

 dense, erect-growing. North American 

 bramble 6-10 ft. high. Leaves 3-foliolate ; 

 leaflets ovate pointed, deeply cut, and 

 serrate. Flowers in May, bright red or 

 purple, large. Fruit red, twice the size 

 of the common Easpberry, but inferior in 

 flavour. 



Culture Sc. as above. 



R. strigosus. — A native of ■ N.E. 

 America with glaucous stems covered 

 with bristles rather than prickles. 

 Flowers white. Fruit red. 



Culture dc. as above. 



Tribe V. Potbntillb^. — Herbs or shrubs, 

 and carpels usually numerous. 



Calyx persistent bracteolate. Stamens 



PURSHIA. — Agenus containing only 

 the following species, the description of 

 which includes the generic characters : — 



P. tridentata. — A pretty hardy ever- 

 green shrub 2-3 ft. high, native of N.W. 

 America. The branches are furnished 

 with clusters of small alternate, somewhat 

 wedge-shaped leaves cut into 3 linear 

 lobes, with recurved margins and a 

 whitish downy under surface. The short- 

 stalked yellow flowers appear in summer. 

 The persistent 5-lobed calyx is elongated 

 tubular or funnel-shaped, and the corolla 

 consists of 5 obovate clawed petals sur- 

 rounding about 25 stamens in the centre. 



Culture and Propagation. — This little- 

 known shrub flourishes in ordinary good 

 and well-drained garden soil of a some- 

 what sandy nature. It appears to be 

 perfectly hardy, and may be increased by 

 inserting cuttings, of the young or half- 



ripened shoots in sandy soil under a bell- 

 glass during the summer months. 



CH AMiEBATI A. — This genus is also 

 represented only by the one species de- 

 scribed here : — 



C. foliolosa. — A pretty evergreen shrub 

 2-3 ft. high, native of California. The 

 young shoots are clothed with a glandular 

 down and broadly ovate rather clammy 

 leaves about 2 in. long, thrice pinnately 

 cut or divided. The white flowers, about 

 f in. across, appear in summer in cy- 

 mose clusters at the ends of the shoots. 

 Calyx persistent with a bell-shaped or 

 hemispherical tube, and 5 lobes. Petals 

 5, obovate. Stamens numerous in many 

 series, inserted on the throat of the calyx. 



Culture amd Propagation. — This is 

 a somewhat tender shrub and is scarcely 

 hardy enough to be grown in the open air 



