RUBUS SPECTABILIS. 
SHOWY BRAMBLE. 
Order. 
POLYGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
ROSACEA. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Habit. 
Introduced 
Columbia. 
4 feet. 
May, June. 
Decid. shrub. 
in 1827. 
No. 568. 
Rubus, like Rosa, is derived from the Celtic 
language; the wo?d rhodd or rhudd, signifying 
red, being the root of these, and a numerous off- 
spring of other words. 
This species of Rubus was raised in the London 
Horticultural Society’s Garden, from seeds collected 
in North America. It had previously been figured 
in Pursh’s Flora of that country, and the delineation 
and description there given excited considerable 
interest in behalf of the young plants. No objects 
of equal purity excite the pleasures of anticipation 
with greater warmth, than the propagation of un- 
known exotic seedlings. The luxuriance of the 
young plants in the Horticultural Garden prevented 
their flowering so abundantly as was expected ; 
but age and strength has now given to the Rubus 
spectabilis a gaiety nearly equal to the dried speci- 
mens which have been brought from the north-west 
coast of America. It is almost certain that by rais- 
ing seedlings through several generations, care be- 
ing taken to select the best of each, that we may 
obtain superior varieties. It flowers best in a strong 
soil ; and produces abundance of suckers. 
Bot. Reg. 1424. 
Class. 
ICOSANDRIA. 
