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bearing hairs, which continue up the footstaik and along the 
mid-rib and principal nerves, on the under surface of the leaf, 
and thickly mvest the flower-stalk and calyx. Five principal 
nerves give the soft and woclly leaf 5 lobes, which have large, 
unequal teeth. ‘The globular, unopened buds are crowned with 
a tassel from the 5 long points of the calyx. The flowering is 
what is called centrifugal. the bud at the end of the main stem 
opening first. The petals are 5, large, purple, crumpled. soon 
fading in the sunshine. ‘The fiuit is flattish, red, pleasant, 
though less agreeable than that of the trne raspberry. It is 
much cultivated for its beauty. Should be planted in a shady 
place. 
The wild Rep Raspgerry, A. strigdsas, not inferior to the 
cultivated, and very nearly like it, and the Hicw Bracxserry, 
ft. viliosus, and R. fronddsus, and some varieties of the Low 
Brackgerry, &. Canadénsis, of Torrey and Gray, are delicious 
and wholesome fruits. ‘They differ much in different localities. 
This circumstance is worthy of consideration with those who 
mean to attempt to improve these fruits by cultivation. The 
variety of Ehgh Blackberry iound at Fall River and around 
Buzzard’s Bay. is superior to any that E have tasted. m the 
vicinity of Boston. wind every one who has tasted, remembers 
the superior flavor of the wild Raspberry of Maine. The Tsm- 
BLEBERRY, J. occidentalis, is an inferior fruit: but has been, in 
some instances, much improved by cultivation. The Bristiy 
Buacxserry, &. sefosus of Bigelow, FR. hispidus of 'T’. and G., 
and R. sempervirens of Bigelow is of little interest. 
3. THE ROSE TRIBE, ROSE, in which numerous nut-like seeds 
cove, the fleshy lining of the urn-shaped calyx-tube,—contains the true Rosgs, 
Rosa, L., of which 144 distinct species are described by De Candolle. 
Four species of wild rose are common in the eastern part of 
Massachusetts :—the Harty Wiip Ross, fe. ducida, Ehrenberg, 
with very numerous varieties, found every where, mostly in 
dry places, and flowering in May and June; the Swamp Ross, 
FR. Carolina, 1, coming in flower as the last goes out, and con- 
tinuing into August; found rarely except in wet ground, and 
distinguished by the softness and paleness of its foliage; the 
