70 SYSTEMATIC POMOLOGY. 



deep pits in which the akenes are sunken, nodding on slender 

 pedicels. Represented by a few early varieties as Crystal 

 City. 



EUROPEAN STEAWBEEEIES. 



F. vesca, Linn. — Yields the Alpine^ and Peepetual straw- 

 berries. Slender, with thin, dull leaflets, strongly marked by 

 the veins, calyx remaining open or reflexed after, flowering, 

 small ovoid-conical or elongated fruit, high-scented, and the 

 akenes superficial. The flowers usually stand above the leaves. 

 N"ot much cultivated in America. 



F. moschata, Duchesne, HAtrTBOis Steawjbeeet^ of Europe 

 sometimes cultivated, is taller and quite dioecious, more pubes- 

 cent, with the calyx strongly reflexed away from the fruit, 

 which is dull, reddish, and musky-scented. Rarely cultivated 

 in America. 



THE BRAMBLES. 



GENUS EUBUS. 



(From the Latin ruber, red.) 



A large and difficult genus comprising Raspberries, Black- 

 berries and Dewberries of which there are about 200 species 

 and many intermediate forms. The botanical classification 

 still serves in pomology though doubtless it could be extended 

 to purely horticultural groups with great advantage. 



EASPBEEEIES. 



S-5 leaflets, the fruit falling when ripe from the then dry, 

 narrow receptacle; flowers with small, white, erect petals, in 



