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Botanists and Gardeners have given to this species of Rubus the name of
_flowering_, not because it is the only one which produces flowers, but
from its being regarded for its flowers merely; they indeed are so
shewy, and so plentifully produced, that the plant has long been thought
to merit a place in most shrubberies; to the various inhabitants of
which, both in the largeness and elegant form of its leaves, and the
colour of its blossoms, it forms a pleasing contrast.
It is extremely hardy, and easily propagated by suckers; the only care
which it requires, is to keep it within proper bounds: young plants of
it produce the largest and finest flowers.
It blossoms from June to September, is a native of different and distant
parts of North-America, and was cultivated here by Mr. Miller, in 1739.
Cornutus, who first figured and described this plant, gave it the name
of _odoratus_, on account of the fragrance of its foliage; his words are
"elegantissimi hujus folia fragrantissima sunt, paremque agrimonio
odorato spirant odorem;" the fruit, rarely produced with us, he
observes, is like the common Raspberry, but not so pleasant.
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Antirrhinum Triphyllum. Three-Leaved Toad-Flax.
_Class and Order._
Didynamia Angiospermia.
_Generic Character._
_Cal._ 5-phyllus. _Cor._ basis deorsum prominens nectarifera.
_Caps._ 2-locularis.
_Specific Character and Synonyms._
ANTIRRHINUM _triphyllum_ foliis ternis ovatis. _Linn. Syst.
Vegetab. ed. 14._ _Murr. p. 555._ _Ait. Kew._