HIGHBUSH BLACKBERRY 



Kubus argutus Link 



Highbush blackberry, when in bloom, is one of our most showy 

 bushes. It is then a mass of tender white flowers with a background 

 of dark green leaves. It adorns roadsides, fence corners, and waste places, 

 wherever it can find an undisturbed space. A little later it is loaded 

 with fine clusters of red and green fruit, black and luscious when 

 ripe. The blackberries cultivated in America are improved forms of the 

 wild species. They belong to the Rose Family. 



This particular species of blackberry prefers a dry soil, and ranges, 

 mostly at low altitudes, from Virginia northward to Massachusetts. 

 Closely related species cover a much wider territory. 



The specimen sketched grew at Washington, District of Columbia. 



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