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Rosa sprnosissima. Bwrnet-leaved Rose. This species 
has a small cream-coloured flower, sometimes tinged with 
red on the outside of the petals. They are numerous and 
solitary. Prickles, very many on every part of the plant. 
The leaf usually consists of seven leaflets, but they are 
found varying from five to eleven. Fruit round, and at 
first a deep red, afterwards black. 
Rosa cantina. Common Dog-rose. This is very common 
in thickets and hedges, and varies very much according to 
the soil. Its petals are light pmk, and the flower has a 
slight scent. Fruit scarlet, known by the common name of 
“hips.” In old times these were used as a conserve, or 
in tarts; but now, I think, they are almost universally 
abandoned to the birds, which find them a pleasant food in 
hard winters, and indeed at all seasons. 
Rosa rusicinosa. True Sweet-briar. This is chiefly 
found in the south of England, in Sussex, common. The 
flower is well known by its deep pink petals, but the sweet 
scent betrays the plant more readily. The fruit at first is 
_ yellow, then orange-red or scarlet, and in taste very different 
to the true hip. 
Rosa arvensis. Trailing Dog-rose. Common in the 
south. A small shrub, but having long trailing branches. 
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