88 THE TREES AND SHRUBS [LECT. 



ROSA. 



I have already alluded to the Rose in my " Lec- 

 tures on Roman Husbandry V 



RUBUS. 



Sibthorp mentions four species of Rubus as oc- 

 curring in Greece, three of which, namely, R. idceus, 

 the Raspberry, R. ccesius, the Dewberry, and R. 

 fruticosus, the common shrubby Bramble, are 

 shrubby. They all went by the name of Baroy, 

 but the Raspberry was distinguished by the epithet 

 idaia. The same species exist in Italy, but only 

 in mountainous situations in both countries. 



Pliny c also mentions three varieties of Rubus, but 

 one of them, which he calls cynosbatus, and which, 

 he says, bears a flower like the Rose, is the Dog- 

 rose. Another, which, he says, bears mulberries, 

 is the Rubus fruticosus, which yields our common 

 blackberries ; and the third, which derives its name 

 from Mount Ida, where it principally grows, is our 

 Raspberry. 



Dioscorides (1 speaks of the Raspberry in much 

 the same manner. 



PRUNUS. 



Four fruticose species are mentioned by Sib- 

 thorp, but the only two which can be identified 

 with ancient names are Pr. spinosa, the Sloe, and 

 Pr. prostrata, a low shrub which covers the highest 



1 Lib. xvi. c. 70. '' De M. M. iv. 38. 



