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trilobata, cultivated from Siberia. lanceolata or reevesiana, cultivated from China. hypericifolia, Italian May or St Peter's Wreath. prunifolia, cultivated from J a p a n . sorbifolia, cultivated from Siberia. a r u n c u s , Goatsbeard, native south, Lapham. filipendula, Dropwort, cultivated from E u r o p e . ulmaria, English Meadow Sweet, cultivated from E u r o p e . lobata, Queen of the Prairie, native, Lapham ; also in cultivation. GILLENIA, Indian Physic, American Ipecac. stipulacea, native, L a p h a m . KERRIA, ornamental shrubbery p l a n t . japonica, Corchorus, not hardy. GEUM, Avens, Perennials. vernum, native, L a p h a m . rivale, L., K a n e county, Vasey; McHenry, Miss Holmes. R a r e . strictum, Field Avcns, native, Bebb, Vasey; Champaign county, Macauley. virginianum, native, Lapham, Champaign county. album, native, Vasey; Cook county, Babcock ; Champaign, M a c a u l e y ; St. Clair Brendel. macrophyllum, native, Vasey. triflorum, native, Vasey, Bebb. POTENTILLA, Cinquefoil, Five Finger. norvegica, Norway Cinguefoil, native, Iiapham ; Cook county, Babcock; Champaign. Macauley. a r g u t a , P u r s h , on prairies, Menard county, Hall, Champaign county and n o r t h w a r d . paradoxa, native, Lapham, Vasey. recta, cultivated?, from Europe. canadensis, native, L a p h a m ; Cook county, Babcock ; Champaign, Macauley, anserina, Silver Weed, native, Vasey; Cook county, Babcock. fruticosa, native, L a p h a m ; Cook county, Babcock. Cultivated. palustris, Marsh Five Finger, native, Vasey; Cook county, Babcock. nepalensis, cultivated for o r n a m e n t from t h e Himalaya. FRAGARIA, Strawberry. vesca, native, Vasey; Cook county, Babcock. Found only in t h e north, also E u r o p e a n . Original of the wood and alpine varieties. Not much cultivated. elatoir, Hautbois, t h e original of a few varieties. Not m u c h cultivated, from south of Europe. virginiana, native, t h r o u g h o u t the prairies of t h e State, a t least. Supposed original of the American Scarlet. v a r . illinoensis, perhaps the original of H o v e y ' s Seedling, Boston Pine, e t c . chilensis, cultivated from Pacific coast. Original of the pine apple and other varieties. As in the case of other fruits, varieties u n d e r cultivation come to differ so m u c h from a n y original species t h a t they connot be referred. RTTBTTS, BramfoZe. idasus—Garden Raspberry cultivated from Europe, b u t generally not hardy. Adventive, Vasey. triflorus, Richard; K a n e county, Miss Holmes ; Cook county, Va3ey and Babcock.' hispidus, L. K a n k a k e e county, H i l l ; Cook, Babcock. strigosos. Wild Red Raspberry, native, Vasey; Cook county, Babcock; Champaign county. oecicentalis, Wild Black Raspberry, Thimbleberry, Black Cap—native in many, p e r h a p s in all p a r t s of the state, and u n d e r extensive cultivation for m a r k e t at Collinsville and other points. villosus, High BlacklberriJ, native t h r o u g h o u t t h e state, and in cultivation as new Rochelle or Lawton, K i t t a n t i n y and other varieties. canadensis, Low Blackberry or Dewberry, native in most p a r t s of t h e State. A v a l u a ble fruit t h a t I have n e v e r known u n d e r cultivation. The Wilson's early blackberry is supposed by some to be a hybrid of the high and low blackberry. AGRIMONIA, Agrimony,"weedy perennials. eupatoria, native, L a p h a m ; Cook county, Babcock; Champaign county. parvinora, native, L a p h a m ; Champaign county. POTERITJM, Burnet, sanguisorba, cultivated from E u r o p e . canadense, native, L a p h a m . ROSA, Rose, shrubs. setigera, Climbing Wild Rose, Prairie Rose, native, L a p h a m ; F u l t o n county, Wolf; Peoria and St.Clair counties, Brendel. Also cultivated, and partly t h e original of t h e Queen of t h e Prairie, Baltimore Belle, etc. Carolina, Swamp Rose, native, L a p h a m ; Cook county, Babcock; St. Clair county, Brendel. lucida, Dwarf Wild Rose, native, L a p h a m ; Cook county, Babcock; Champaign county. Macauley; St. Clair county, Brendel; Fulton county, Wolf, blanda, Early Wild Rose, native, Vasey; Winnebago, Peoria, St. Clair, Brendel; Cook county, Babcock. rubiginoso, Sweet Brier Rose, naturalized from Europe, Vasey. sempervirens, Ayrshire rose is a form of it. Cultivated from E u r o p e , moschata, Muscat, or Musk Rose, cultivated from Asia. multiflora, cultivated from J a p a n and China. Probably not hardy in t h e n o r t h , banksise, cultivated from China. Not hardy, indica, India or China roses, includes the Tea, P e r p e t u a l or Bengal, Bourbon a n d