198 THE ROSE FAMILY. 



a nest for a number of minute grubs, the eggs from which they proceeded having 

 been deposited in the bark by an insect-magician called Cynips. The sap exudes 

 where the eggs are placed, and gradually forms this beautiful protection for 

 them. By mid-winter the mossy character is gone ; a brown lump alone remains, 

 with apertures in it by which the creatures have made their exit. 



2. White Dog-rose — {Hosa arvensis.) 

 Hedges, thickets, and on the borders of fields, everywhere, adorning 

 them with beautiful creamy bloom, quite different from that of the 

 preceding. Fl. June, July. 



Curtis, iii. 495 ; E. B. iii. 188 ; Baxter v. 325. 



3. Hairy-frxtited Dog-rose — [Rosa villosa.) 

 Hedges and woods, rather uncommon. Frequent near Blakeley, 

 Clifton, Prestwich, and Stand. Found also about Withington. FL 



June, July. 



E. B. is. 583. 



Downy-leaved Dog-rose — [Rosa tomeiitosa.) 

 Common about Leigh (J. E.), and about Withington ; sparingly at 

 Clifton, where the late John Horsefield first noticed it in this neigh- 

 bourhood. 



Curtis, iii. -iOC ; E. B. xiv. 090. 



4. Wild Raspberry — {Rubus Idceus.) 



Woods, thickets, and in rough-edged lanes ; also on the borders of 



moors, and in bushy places, plentiful everywhere. Mere Clough ; 



Summerseat woods ; Warburton Moss, near Lymm, in the greatest 



profusion. Fl. May, June. Fruit ripe in August. 



E. B. xxxiv. 2U-i. 



5. Linn.i;an Blackberry — (Rubus fruticosus.) 

 Hedges and by waysides, tolerably frequent, but not the commonest 

 bramble of the district. Fl. July, August. 



E. B. X. 715 ; Baxter, v. 334. 



White-stalked Bramble — [Rubus leucostachys.) 



Plentiful in the Reddish and Haughton Valleys ; also about Marple, 



Cotterill, and between Bowdon new Chuich and Carrington. Fl. July, 



August. 



E. B., Supp. i. 2031. 



Remarkable for its large, circular, leathery leaflets ; long, contracted paoioles, 

 and large flowers. 



