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Last Year Mr Rolfe expressed a desire for American Rubi, particularly in Eubatus. Bailey wanted to gather a good collection for him this year. Bailey is sending Prain two parcels containing useful things for Rolfe. Amongst them are some cultivated raspberries and blackberries, there is also a set of authentic specimens of the W.H.[William Henry] Blanchard species. Blanchard has published more species of blackberries of north-eastern America than any other American. Bailey has purchased Blanchard's Rubus collection and has enough duplicates to spare a set for RBG Kew. Bailey is sending Prain a copy of BULLETIN 217 of the Vermont Agricultural Experiment Station. The parcel includes a specimen cultivated as the Himalaya berry. At Rolfe's leisure, Bailey would like to know whether this is identical with the European Himalaya berry and whether he still considers it to be Rubus incarnatus. Bailey is still in search of the Rubus hesperius for Rolfe. Page 1 of 1.