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roses in every respect ; but what is yet more surprising,'' 

 continues he, " is that in one of the fields, called Glover's 

 field, every year that it is ploughed for corn, it will be 

 spi'ead over with roses ; but when not ploughed, then there 

 shall be but few roses to be gathered :" and this he has " by 

 the relation of a curious gentleman there dwelling." 



" I give this improbable tale," says Mr. Martyn, after 

 quoting this passage, " as an instance of the dependence 

 that is to be placed upon the information of curious gen- 

 tlemen." Johnson has set it right by informing us, he 

 had heard that the roses which grow in such plenty in 

 Glover's-field are no other than the Corn-rose, or Red 

 Poppy. 



The Hundred-leaved-rose is a native of China : they are 

 very double, deeply- coloured, with little scent. This is a 

 most beautiful species : the varieties are numerous ; it is 

 often confounded with the Damask-rose, from which it is 

 quite distinct. This Rose is used in medicine, and a fine 

 distilled water of an exquisite perfume is prepared from it ; 

 but the oil, or rather butter, that swims on the water has 

 no scent. The water which is prepared from the Common 

 Dog-rose is by many considered as more fragrant than 

 when distilled from any of the Garden-roses. The leaves, 

 too, of this wild kind are used as a substitute for tea ; and 

 the fruit when ripe, and mellowed by the frost, is often 

 eaten, and thought very agreeable : it is a great delicacy 

 to some kinds of birds, to pheasants in particular : it is also 

 mixed with sugar and sold under the name of conserve of 

 heps, and forms a good vehicle for many nauseous medi- 

 cines. 



The Evergreen-rose is a native of the South of Europe : 

 it is white, small, single, but very sweet : in appearance it 

 much resembles our Eglantine. It is this rose that yields 

 the fine scented oil called attar of roses, which is imported 

 from the Barbary coast, Egypt, and the East Indies ; a 



