The leaflets are 3 to 7 in number, large and often blunt at the tip, many ribbed, with noticeably toothed margins usually, and a grooved mid-stem. The color is cool green, rather dark, underneath white or pale with bloom. The leaf is set on a short stem, scarcely longer than the conspicuous wings, with which it clasps the stalk; these have pointed tips and are finely toothed, and are green, with a dash of red in the stem. The leaves are close together. The flower is large and odorous, the 5 petals being broad and curving; in color a glowing rich crimson, pale near the center. The stamens are many, and yellow; the pistils gathered in a flat disc are green or nearly yellow. The calyx is very smooth, the divisions shorter than the petals and downy within; it is a bright clear green. The flowers are set singly, or in groups. The foot-stem is short; midway it bears a pair of pointed leafkins, and at its junction with the stalk a pair of large, oval, toothed leaf-like wings occur. For profusion of bloom this is a good variety in cultivation, to which it takes kindly, since it remains vigorous and free from blight when its paler sisters show their longing for their old wild life. The hips are large and red. Bristles are sometimes found on the new shoots. [Illustration: MEADOW ROSE: R. blanda.] *High-bush Blackberry.* _Rubus villosus._ Found in roadside thickets in early June. This large, stout, stalk varies from 2 to 6 feet in height; it branches toward the top, is round, and grooved, and armed with strong recurved thorns; the new shoots are furnished with short, coarse hairs. The color in the old stalks is a vigorous russet-red, while the young growths are green. The leaf is divided sometimes into 3 leaflets and sometimes into 5, each leaflet being set on a short foot-stem with the end one a little longer than the others; the margins are coarsely toothed, the ribs deeply marked, the texture coarse, and the surface covered with short hairs; the stem and midrib are furnished underneath with small strong prickles. The color is a coarse, warm green. The leaves are placed alternately, with narrow leafy wings at the stalk. The 5 oblong petals of the flower taper into a narrow claw at the base; the color is pure white; the 5, pointed, light green calyx-parts alternate with the petals; the stamens are many, thread-like, and tipped with dark brown, while the several pistils form a rounding, pale green bunch in the center. The flowers, on their light green stems, form large cone-like clusters on the ends of the stalks.