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Note. On the hills of Washington, in the east part of Berk- 

 shire County, a ic/u7e-fruited strawberry is abundant in the fields, 

 sought for from its sweetness, though it has not quite so fine a 

 flavor, or rather has a weaker flavor than the common red straw- 

 berry. The leaves are somewhat villose, and the plant may be a 

 permanent variety of F. Virginiana. Those fields have long pro- 

 duced this variety. 



Dalibarda. L. 11. 12. 

 D. repens. Lam. Has a rooting and creeping stem, and cor- 

 date, crenate leaves, on long petioles ; peduncle nearly radical, 

 long, bearing one white flower ; seeds in the dry receptacle ; 

 blossoms in June, on hills ; Greenfield and Princeton. 



D. fragarioides . Mx. False Strawberry. Much resembles 

 the common strawberry at a little distance ; bears ternate leaves, 

 toothed, ciliate, smooth ; radical peduncle, bearing a few yellow 

 flowers ; blossoms in June ; woods and hedges ; common in 

 Berkshire County. 



Rubus. L. 11. 12. 

 R. occidentalis. L. Black Raspberry. Fruit much valued. 



R. strigosus. Mx. Red Raspberry. Fruit larger than that 

 of the preceding, and more richly flavored. There are two va- 

 rieties in the woods, differing in their fruit, the one being red, 

 and the other reddish brown, or a much darker color. 



R. villosus. Ait. Blackberry, High Blackberry. A tall, 

 large, prickly plant, bearing racemes of white flowers ; berries 

 fine and wholesome ; the root yields a decoction considered to be 

 healthful in dysenteric affections ; for medicinal properties, see 

 Bigelow's "Medical Botany." 



R. trivialis. Mx. Running Blackberry, Dewberry. Char- 

 acterized by its name, bears large black berries, very excellent 

 when fully ripe. 



