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Spiraea salicifolia L. 



Willow leaved meadow sweet. American meadow sweet 



Very common, growing in upland and lowland, in soil wet or dry, 

 rocky or smooth and ascending to the top of the highest Adirondack 

 peaks. July and August. The leaves of this shrub vary greatly in size 

 and shape. The flowers are usually white but sometimes they are tinged 

 with pink. A dwarf form grows on the summit of Mt Mclntyre. It is 

 scarcely more than a foot high, its leaves are oval and often less than an 

 inch long. 



Spiraea tomentosa L. 



Hardhack. Steeple bush 



Roadsides and pastures. Rare. In a pasture on the ground of the 

 Placid club, roadside half a mile northeast of Newman and on Epps 

 farm. August. It may be distinguished from the preceding species by 

 its more dense clusters of pinkish floweis and by the tomentose lower 

 surface of the leaves. 



Spiraea sorbifolia L. 



Sorb leaved spiraea 



Introduced and cultivated for ornament, but escaping from cultivation. 

 Spreading from the cemetery into the adjoining field. July. 



RUBtJS 



Ripe fruit easily separable from the receptacle strigosus 



Ripe fruit uot easily separable from the receptacle 1 



1 Stems slender, trailing or ascending 2 



1 Stems stout, erect or curved 3 



2 Stems unarmed - Americanus 



2 Stems armed with stiff bristles setosus 



2 Stems armed with hooked prickles Cauadeusis 



3 Stems unarmed or armed with few small prickles Millspaughii 



3 Steins armed with stout prickles 4 



4 Fruit oblong or thimble shape Allegheniensis 



4 Fruit subglobose villosus 



Rubus strigosus Mx. 



Red raspberry. Wild red raspberry 



Roadsides, along fences and in recent clearings. Very common. 

 June and July. The red raspberry is perfectly at home in this region 

 and bears plentiful crops of fine fruit. The wild berries are so abundant 

 that little need is felt of spending time and labor in efforts to cultivate 

 this fruit. It ripens in North Elba three or f »ur weeks later than in the 



