.22 liubiis odoratus. 



nal, bracteatc, spreading corymbs — the peduncles, bracts, and rami- 

 fications of which are covered with a red and glutinous hispidness. 

 Petals ovate, lake-red, five in number, wrinkled, and spreading. 

 Calixglutinously villous, with linear, leafy acuminations, often exceed- 

 ing half an inch in length. The flowers and corymbs possess a 

 strong and agreeable terebinthinate odour. Berries, according to 

 Pursh, " of a very fine flavour and large size." Grows in hilly 

 woods, or on elevated and retired spots of shrubbery in Canada, and 

 on the Alleghany mountains. Flowering in June and July. 



This showy plant belongs to a genus in many species of which 

 the prevailing colour of the fruit is red. Hence the term Rubus, which 

 is supposed to have the same origin as ruber, synonymous with the 

 Celtic word rub, red. 



The fruit of most of the species is esculent and refreshing, and 

 when eaten perfectly ripe, even medicinal, acting kindly on the 

 stomach and bowels. The fruit of the present species rarely comes 

 to maturity under cultivation, and, even when perfectly ripe, is rather 

 insipid than grateful. As an ornamental plant alone, it seems enti- 

 tled to attention, being hardy, of rapid growth, and bearing an 

 abundance of very elegant flowers. 



Flowering Raspberry is not a very common plant, nor its geogru- 

 phical range very extensive. It appears to delight in secluded ele- 



