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Black Beetle

a popular name for BLACKBERRY (rubus fruticosus), a of the United States and in most parts plant common in the northern portions of Europe, and also in northern central Asia, having prickly stems, which some- , having prickly stems, which somewhat resemble those of the raspberry.

The flowers do not appear till the summer is considerably advanced, and the fruit ripens toward the end of it. Jelly and jam are made from the berries, and a very delicate wine. The blackberry is rarely cultivated, perhaps because it is in most districts so abundant in a wild Lawton, show the possibilities. state.

One or two varieties, such as the bird, the turdus merula. Other English

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