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merous culinary and confectionery
articles, as well as in liqueurs. The
raspberry requires a vegetable soil, ,
ra the r moist, soft, and not very
deep ; because most o f the roots,
like those o f all other plants that
throw up numerous suckers, keep
near the surface; and the situation
should be shaded, ra the r than fully
exposed to the meridian sun. In a
wild state, it is almost always, found
more or less shaded by trees, but
n o t under their drip ; and in woods,
the situation o f w hich is ra the r low
and moist, than hilly and rocky or
dry. The root belongs to tha t description which is called travelling; th a t is,
the suckers extend themselves all round the central plant, so as every year
to come up in fresh soil. Hence, as Miller observes, a raspberry plantation
requires to be renewed every five or six years.
§ ii. L e a v e s d ig ita te , o f 3 — 6 L e a fle ts .
jji, 6. R. l a c i n i a ' t u s W. The cut-leaved Bramble.
Identification. Willd. H o rt. Berol., p . 82. and t. 82. ; Dec. P ro d ., 2, p. 558. ; Do n ’s Mill., 2. p. 532.
Engravings. Willd. H o rt. Borol., t. 82. ; Wats. Dend. B rit., t. 69. ; and o a x jig . 534.
Sjiec. Char., 4^- Stem ra th e r round, bearing stout
recurved prickles, compressed at the base.
Leaflets 3—5, pinnately cut, sharply serrate, a
little downy beneath. Flowers in loose panicles,
wiiite or rose-coloured. Sepals lanceolate, leafy
at the tip, tomentose, prickled, reflexed. Petals
wedge-shaped, S-lobed a t the tip. Carpels
roundish, dark-coloured. {Dec. Prod.) A large
and handsome bramble. Stems 4 ft. to 10 ft.
Flowers white, or rose-coloured ; Ju n e to September.
F ru it black ; ripe in August. Naked
young wood o f a fine purple colour.
The appearance of this plant is th a t o f the
common bramble, except in the leaflets, which,
from their being deeply cut, are strikingly different.
Where it was first found is unknown ; but it is, in
all probability, only a variety o f the common bramble, analogous to the cutleaved
variety of the elder (5ambùcus nigra laciniàta.) H . S.
^ 7. R. c /e ' s i u s L . The grey Bramble, or Deivberry.
Identification. L in . Sp., 706. ; Dec. P rod., 2. p. 558. ;
D o n ’s Mill., 2. p. 533.
Engravings. N. D u Ham., 5. t. 22. ; Hayne Abbild.,
t. 100. ; E n g . Bot., t. 826. ; and oar jig . 536.
Spec. Char., 4'<^- Stem trailing, round, in
many instances suffused with a grey bloom,
bearing slender and a little recurved
prickles. Leaflets 3 in a leaf, ovate, doubly
serrated o r crenated, glabrous, o r obscurely
ciliated. Panicle almost simple. Sepals
ovate-acuminate. Pe ta ls white. F ru it
sweet. Cai’pels large, few, greyish. (Dec.
Prod.) A low straggling bramble. E u rope
and the No rth -Ea st o f Asia, in
Ò54. R . la c in ià tu s .
woods and hedges. Stem i ft. to 8 ft. Flowers white ; Ju n e and July.
F ruit black ; ripe in August.
Vaiielies.
J: R. c. 2 arvénsis Wallr. Sched. p. 288.
R . pseùdo-cae'sius Weihe, according
to E rn . Meyer in L itt. — Leaflets
tomentose beneath. Branches [m-
berulous.
J; R.. 0. 3 grandiflòrus Ser. — Pubescent.
Pe ta ls and sepals long.
R. c. 4 parvifòlius W allr. Sched., p. 228.
(O u r fig . 535.) — Stem ascending,
purplish, ultimately naked. Leaves
.small, incisely lobed. Peduncle 1—3-
flowered. A native of herbage-
covered hills.
J; R. c. 5 filiis variegàtis H o rt. has variegated
leaves.
A low, weakly, straggling, p rostrate plant,
having the flowers with blush-coloured petals,
and the fruit small, with few grains ; but
these large, juicy, black, with a fine glaucous bloom, and very agreeably acid.
This species varies exceedingly in the size o f its flowers and leaves in different
situations, whence have arisen many varieties.
8. R . c o r y l i f o ' l i u s Smith. The Hazel-leaved Bramble.
hknlification. Smith F l. B rit., p . ¡542. ; Smith in E n g . Bot., t. 827. ; Don’s Mill., 2. p . 533.
St/nunymes. R . vuigàris Weihe ^ Nce,s, according to Lindley, Synopsis o f B n t . Flora, ed . 2. p. 94. ;
R nemoròsus He ync, according to Sprengel an d Goldbach.
Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 827. ; an d o u r ^ . 538.
Spec. Char., 4'c. Stem angled, bearing straightish prickles. Leaflets 3—5,
cordate-ovate, firm, doubly serrated, pilose beneath. Panicle nearly simple.
Flowers white. Sepals ovate-acuminate, ultimately reflexed. Carpels
purplish-blue, and large. {Dec. Prod.) A large bramble. Native of Europe,
especially in the southern part ; and frequent in Britain, in hedges and
thickets. Stems 6 ft. to 12 ft. Flowers w h ite ; Ju n e and July. F ru it
purplish blue or black, la rge ; ripe in August.
Varieties.
R . c. 2 cànus Wallr. Sched. p. 2 3 1 .—
Leaflets all similar in form, roundish
heart-shaped, whitishly tomentose
upon both .surfaces.
536. It. cre'slus.
6,*5. Ä. c . parvifòlius.
537. R . c. g landulòsus.
rii R. C . 3 glandidò.msWaWr. Sched. p. 931.
R. glandulòsus Spreng., according
to Wallr. (O u r 5 3 7 .)— Stems,
netioles, and peduncles glandulous. 5 3 8 . R . corylifòHus.