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Rubus cuneifoliusj Pursh. 



The Sand-Blackbeny. North America. A dwarf shrub. 

 The fruit is of agreeable taste. 



Rubus deliciosus, Torrey. 



On the sources of the Missouri. An erect shrub. Fruit 

 raspberry-like, large and grateful. An exceedingly hand- 

 some species. 



Rubus fruticosus, Linne.* 



The ordinary Blackberry or Bramble. All Europe, North 

 and Soath Africa, Middle and Northern Asia. This shrub 

 bears well in our clime. In some countries it is a favourite 

 plant for hedges. It likes above all calcareous soil, though it 

 is content with almost any, and deserves to be naturalised on 

 the rivulets of our ranges. H. corylifolius (Sm.), K. 

 suberectus (Andr.) and R. leucostachys (Sm.) are varieties 

 like many other named kinds of European Blackberries, or 

 perhaps belong to the closely allied B. caesius (L.), the 

 English Dewberry; or in some instances hybrid forms may 

 have arisen from the two, although the generality of these 

 various Blackberry-bushes bear their fruit freely enough. 



Rubus geoides, Smith. 



Falkland Islands, Fuegia, Patagonia and Chiloe. A herba- 

 ceous kind of Baspberry-plant with greenish-yellow fruits, 

 resembling the Cloudberry, and of a very agreeable taste. 

 Best adapted for our Alps. 



Rubus IdaeuSj Linne.* 



The ordinary Baspberry. Europe, Northern and West Asia. 

 It is mentioned here to point out the desirability of 

 naturalising the plant in our mountains and on river-banks. 

 It would live also on our highest alps, where the native 

 Baspberry (R. parvifolius, L.) produces much finer fruits 

 than in our lowlands. The fruits contain Stereopten. Leaves 

 a substitute for tea. 



Rubus lasiocarpuSj Smith. 



India, reaching in the Himalayas an elevation of 8000 feet, 

 in Ceylon of 6000 feet. The black fruit is very palatable. 

 B. biflorus (Hamilton) ascends with B. rosifolius to 10,000 

 feet; its fruit either red or orange is sweet (J. D. Hooker). 

 Rubus macropetaluSj Douglas.* 



California and Oregon. An unisexual shrub. Fruit black, 

 oval-cylindric, particularly sweet. 



Rubus occidentalis, Linne.* 



The Black Baspberry or Thimbleberry. North America. A 

 species with woody stems and nice fruits, with a glaucous 

 bloom, well flavoured and large. It ripens early. 



