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A^^EEDS AND USEFUL PLANTS. 



Obs. The fruit of this is pleasant'j flavored, — but is rarely perlected 

 raider cultivation ; and indeed is often abortive in its native localities. I 

 have seen it on the mountains in August, bearing flowers and ripe fruit 

 at the same time. It is rather a troublesome plant, when introduced into 

 yards and gardens, — sending up numerous suckers. The nearly allied B,. 

 Ifutkaniis, Mocino, the white flowering Easpberry, which has white 

 and smaller flowers, is common along the lakes of the North-west, and is 

 sometimes cultivated. 



^ ^ Leaves ( pinnaiely or pedately ) 3 - 6-foliolate. 



2. E. Id^'us, L. Stem suffruticose, erect, terete, not glaucous, hispid 

 at base, and somewhat prickly above ; leaves pinnately 3 - 5-folio- 

 late ; leaflets rhomboid-ovate ; flowers in paniculate corymbs ; petals en- 

 tire ; carpels slightly rugose, finely pubescent, not pitted in drying. 

 Ida Eubus. Antwerp Easpberry. Garden. Easpberry. 



Ft. Framboisier. Germ. Die Himbeerstaude. Span. Frambueso. 



Root creeping. Stem 3-5 feet high, branching, mostly hispid when young, especially 

 towards the base — smoothish (or sometimes pubescent) and armed with slender recurved 

 prickles above — the hispid bark, below, exfohating the second year. Lower leaves odd- 

 pinnate by fives, the upper ones by threes ; common petioles 1-3 or 4 inches long ; Icajleis 

 2-4-inches long, acuminate, unec[ually incised-sorrate, smoothish and green above, clotned 

 with a dense white cottony tomentum beneath. Petals white. Carpels incurved at apex, 

 clothed with a very fine, short, dense pubescence, whitish, amber-colored or purple, when 

 matare. 



Gardens : cultivated. Native of Europe. Fl. May. Fr. July. 



Ohs. This species is much cultivated for its favorite fruit. The plant 

 presents some varieties — particularly in the size and complexion of the 

 fruit ; and I am not sure that the following nearly aUied native species, 

 which is found on our mountains, is not sometimes seen, and mistaken for 

 it in the gardens. It requires some attention to keep the plant from 

 spreading unduly, in a mellow soil, by means of its rambling roots. 



3. R. strigo'sus, Mx. Stems slightly glaucous, beset with stiff straight 

 bristles (some of them becoming beak-hooked prickles) ; leaflets oblong- 

 ovate ; fruit light red. 



Strigose Eubus. Wild Eed Easpberry. 



5!fem 3-5 feet high, light brown. Lower leaver odd-pinnate by fives, the upper ones 

 ternate ; leaflets about 3 inches long, hoary beneath, the terminal one often cordate at base. 

 Corymbs 4-'6-flowered, axillary and terminal,. often aggregated and forming a leafy pani- 

 cle at the top. 



Hill sides — especially in cleared land. Fl. May. Fr. July. 



Ohs. This species is common northward, especially in mountainous 

 regions. It often appears in great profusion where timber lands have 

 been burned over. We have seen it on the clearings in Maine, in the 

 fruiting season, in such abundance as to give an uniform red color to 

 large tracts, and having a delicious flavor not equalled hy the cultivated 

 species — if that be really distinct. The fruit is largely collected in Maine 

 for making Easpberry Syrup. If the juice is squeezed from the berries 



