ROSE FAMILY, Rosaceae. 
and all but a few of the upper ones have from three to 
seven leaflets. The flowers are about an inch across and 
the petals vary a good deal, being sometimes broad and 
sometimes rather long and narrow. This is common from 
southern California to British Columbia. : 
Thimble-berry In shady mountain woods we find this 
Rabus parviflorus @ttractive plant, which is called Salmon- 
White berry farther east. It also resembles the 
Spring, summer eastern Thimble-berry, but its flowers are 
West, etc. prettier, for they are white instead of 
purplish-pink. It has several branching stems, from two 
to six feet high, the lower ones woody, with shreddy bark 
and the upper stems pale green, slightly rough and hairy, 
but with no thorns. The large maple-like leaves are thin 
in texture, but almost velvety, with hairs on the veins of 
the under side and on the leaf-stalks, and are bright green, 
with three or four, toothed lobes. The flowers are occa- 
sionally pinkish and measure about two inches across, and 
grow, a few together, at the ends of long flower-stalks. 
The petals are slightly crumpled and there are usually 
five of them, but both sepals and petals vary a good deal 
in number; the green sepals are velvety, pale inside and 
tipped with tails, and the pale yellow center is composed 
of a roundish disk, covered with pistils and surrounded by 
a fringe of numerous yellow stamens. The fruit is a 
flattish, red raspberry, disappointing to the taste, for it is 
mostly seeds. This is found as far east as Michigan. 
A charming little vine, without prickles, 
Hotei 
ee the stems from one to three feet long and 
Rabus pedatus - rooting at the joints, trailing over rocks 
White and moss and creeping along the ground, 
Banemer ornamented with pretty leaves, with from 
Northwest 
three to five leaflets, and sprinkled with 
white flowers, half an inch or more across, and often also 
with juicy, red raspberries. This grows in rich soil, in 
mountain woods. 
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