310 Lhe Ufeful Family Herbal, 
The WHITE Rose. 
“ROSA ALBA. 
A Common Shrub alfo in our Gardens. It 
grows ten or twelve Feet high, but is not 
very able to fupport itfelf upright. The Stalks 
are round, prickly, and very much branched, 
The Leaves are of a dufky Green, each com- 
_ pofed of feveral Pairs of fmaller, with an odd one 
at the End. The Flowers are fomewhat {maller, 
than thofe of the Damafk-Rofe, but of the fame 
Form: and their Colour is white, and they have 
leis Fragrance than the Damafk. 
The Flowers are ufed. They are to be ga- 
thered in the Bud, and ufed frefh or dry. A 
ftrong Infufion of them is good againft Overflow- — 
ings of the Menfes, and the Bleeding of the 
Piles. < 
The Rep Rose, 
‘ ROSA RUBRA,. E 
_ (Nother Shrub common in our Gardens, and 
_ = * the leaft and loweft of the three Kinds of 
and prickly, but they have fewer Prickles, 
than thofe of the Damafk-Rofe: The Leaves are 
large, they ‘are compofed each of three or four 
Pair of fmaller which are oval, of a dufky Green 
and ferrated round the Edges.. The Flowers are- 
of the Shape and Size of thofe of the Damafk- 
Rofe, but they are not fo double, and they have 
_@ great Quantity of yellow Threads in the Middle. 
They are of an exceeding fine deep red Colour, 
and they have very little Smell ; The Fruit is like 
the common Hip. | pete ees 
The Flowers are ufed. They are to be gathered 
hen in Bud, and cut from the Hufks without the 
ox an 
