Mrs. Fanny E. Briggs, writing from Washington Territory, remarks : "I have been observing the Evergreen blackberry quite closely for the past two winters. The leaves on the old wood - that which has borne fruit - die in the fall, while those on the new growth remain fresh all winter, no matter how much exposed, and begin to die in the spring, when new growth begins. Now (May 9th) some are dead, some still fresh, on an exposed trellis, where the new shoots are 6 inches long".

[This leaf confirms what has been before noted in our magazine, that the so-called "Nevada" Evergreen blackberry is not a " Nevada " plant, but the ordinary and well-known garden plant, the cut-leaved variety of the commonest of English blackberries - Rubus fruticosus, or Rubus discolor of some authors. This species is a sub-evergreen. - Ed. G. M].