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DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SHRUBS 



flowers, near the ends of the branches, bloom from May until frost. The 

 fruit, remaining on through the winter, seems like four black beads sur- 

 rounded by the large persistent calyx. The flowers are 1^ inches broad, 

 abundant in May and June and appearing irregularly through the rest of 

 the summer. It is a much-branching shrub 3 to 6 feet high, rendered 



very ornamental by the foliage as 

 well as the flowers and fruit. 



[Seeds ; twig cuttings.] 



PotentUla. The Cinquefoils are 

 large group of generally yellow- 



FiG. 248. — Cut-leaved Blackberry. 



Fig. 247. — Strawberry-Raspberry. 



flowered herbs, but one species fre- 

 quent in cultivation is a valuable 

 shrub 1 to 4 feet high with peculiar 

 shreddy bark and compound 3- to 

 7-bladed leaves. The blades are 

 linear, pointed, J-1 inch long with silky surface and rolled edges. The 

 flowers are bright yellow, shovTy, an inch or more broad with five petals 

 and many stamens, blooming through the summer. The fruit appears 

 like many dry seeds, achenes, in the hairy calyx. Shrubby Poten- 

 TiLLA or CiNQUEFOiL (245) — Poteutilla frutic6sa. [Seeds ; divisions.] 



Mbus. The Raspbekries, Dewberries, and Bi.ackberribs are a 

 large and varied group (1000 species) of useful fruits of the north temper- 

 ate zone. Some trail over 'the ground, others grow to the height of 5 to 

 8 feet ; nearly all are prickly and so are called Brambles. Only the few 

 species cultivated for their beauty need description here. 



