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A list of some of the species which have been incorporated to produce these 

 h3'brids is given ])elo\v ; the combinations are endless ; the results are start- 

 ling and as surprising to myself as they will be to others when known. 



Rubus 

 Rubus 

 Rubus 

 Rubus 

 Rubus 

 Rubus 

 Rubus 

 Rubus 

 Rubus 

 Rubus 

 Rubus 

 Rubus 



Articus, 



Australis, 



Balfourianus, • 



biflorus, 



canadensis, 



capensis, 



cratCEgifolius, 



cuneifolius, 



dalibarda, 



deliciosus, 



flavus, 



fruticosus, 



Rubus 

 Rubus 

 Rubus 

 Rubus 

 Rubus 

 Rubus 

 Rubus 

 Rubus 

 Rubus 

 Rubus 

 Rubus 

 Rubus 

 Rubus 



idaeus, 



incisus, 



laciniatus, 



leucodermis, 



leucostachys, 



Macrari, 



Menziezi, 



neglectus, 



nutkanus, 



occidentalis, 



odoratus, 



palmata, 



parvifolius, 



Rubus 

 Rubus 

 Rubus 

 Rubus 

 Rubus 

 Rubus 

 Rubus 

 Rubus 

 Rubus 

 Rubus 

 Rubus 

 Rubus 



pedatus, 



phcenicolasius, 



rosiefolius, 



spectabilis, 



strigosus, 



suberectus, 



thyrsoides, 



triflorus, 



trivialis, 



villosus, 



vitifolius, 



sp. Himalayas. 



Hybridizing- Distinct Species. 



" Mr. Luther Burbaiik sent recently a large series of photographs of the leaves of dif- 

 ferent individuals— hybrids between different species, Blackberries, Dewberries and Rasp- 

 berries. It is a remarkable variarion. Some have leaves as finely divided as ferns ; others 

 are palmate, like the Horse Chestnut ; others have but a single leaf. It would puzzle the 

 scientific botanist to know how to distinguish a variety from a species. 



" Mr. Burbank is doing an excellent work, not only in the line of scientific botany but 

 also for the practical fruit-grower." — Meehaif s Mojithiy. 



Japanese Golden Mayberr y. ^ 



Improved Rubus Palniatus. 



The earliest Raspberr}' ever known. The berries are of a golden straw 

 color, as large as Cuthbert, and ripen here in April, a month befojr Hansel/, 

 before Strawberries, and before the earliest of the standard Raspberries of the 

 past have hardly awakened from their winter rest. The bushes are distinct 

 from all others, growing like trees six to eight feet high, w^ith spreading tops, 

 and all along the branches large, white, bell-shaped blossoms are pendant, 

 which are soon followed by the great, sweet, glossy, golden, semi-translucent 

 berries. 



The plants do not bear as heav}^ when very young as some others, but, 

 when well established, will surprise one with their abundance of fruit. 



The history of this variety is as follows : Some ten years ago I requested 

 my collector in Japan to hunt up the best wild Raspberries, Blackberries and 

 Strawberries chat could be found. Several curious species were received the next 

 season, and among them a red and also a dingy yellow unproductive variety of 

 Rubus palmatus (described by botanists and collectors as being unproductive 

 and having an insignificant berry). One of these plants, though bearing only 

 a few of the most worthless, tasteless, dingy 3^ellow berries I have ever seen, 

 was selected solely on account of its unusual earliness, to cross with Cuthbert 



