The old canes are noticeable in winter and early spring for their fine russet-red, as they grow in plantations on the hillsides and along the lanes; this strong red coloring comes out in the autumn leafage, dark and rich though subdued in hue, and is held late in the vigorous fibre of the leaf. The gracefully formed flower blooms in profusion, early, though the fruit is longer than the other Blackberries in maturing; the fruit-clusters add another attractive feature to the plant, which is known as “only a common Bramble.” [Illustration: HIGH BUSH BLACKBERRY: Rubus villosus.] *Dewberry.* _Rubus Canadensis._ *Running Blackberry.* Found in dry fields, banks, and roadsides in June and July. The stalk trails and runs; it is leafy, stout, and woody-fibred, with few, and small, prickles. In color dark red. The leaf is divided into 3, or 5, or 7 leaflets of an oval shape, the middle one generally being wedge-shape, and set on a short stem; the margins are sharply toothed. The color is a full, vigorous green. The flower petals are 5, long, rounded at the tip and tapering at the base; in color they are pure white. The stamens and pistils are pale; the 5-parted calyx is a pale silvery green. The flowers grow singly, or loosely clustered in twos and threes. The blossom of the Dewberry is sweet-scented, with a fragrance resembling that of the Anemone, or Adder’s-tongue. Its berry has fewer, and larger grains, than the High-bush berry; when favorably developed it has a fine wild flavor. [Illustration: DEWBERRY: R. Canadensis.] *Running Swamp Blackberry.* _Rubus hispidus._ Found in swamp lands, grassy woods, and copse borders during June and July. The trailing, rather slender, stalk runs on the ground in varying lengths; its prickles are few and weak. The color is green and brown. The leaf is small, usually with 3 leaflets that are broad-oval or wedge-shaped; the margins are toothed, ribs marked, and the surface is smooth and shining, while the fibre is tough. The color is dark green. The 5 small flower-petals are white; the stamens and pistils many, but inconspicuous; the calyx 5-parted, and pale green. The small clusters of two or three blossoms spring from the new shoots. The fruit is scanty, and small. The pretty, dark, glossy, green leaves turn a rich dull bronzy-red in the fall, and remain so throughout snow-time,--they form a pleasing incident in the bouquet, gathered by the lover-of-the-woods-in-winter. [Illustration: RUNNING BLACKBERRY: R. hispidus.] *Purple Flowering Raspberry.* _Rubus odoratus._ *Scotch-Cap.* *Thimble-berry.* Found among wayside tangles, and uplands, in July and August. The branching, leafy, stalk grows from 3 to 5 feet high; it is large, of a tough, woody-fibre, and the surface is roughened by short sticky hairs. The color is rusty green, and reddish-brown.