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8. Sabine's Rose (B. sabini). — Shoots and bi"anches bristly; prickles 

 scattered, straight, or nearly so ; leaflets twice serrated and hairy, glandular 

 beneath; sepals somewhat pinnate; fruit globose, dark red, and bristly. 

 Plant perennial. Two varieties of this Rose occur, which have been by 

 earlier writers described as distinct species. In one, the prickles are more 

 numerous, the leaves very hairy, and the sepals almost simple ; in the other, 

 the larger prickles are hooked, and the sepals simple. This Rose is found 

 in woods, and is almost entirely confined to the north of this kingdom. It 

 is very similar to the last species, of which some consider it a variety. 



* * * Leaves glandulose. Prickles nearly uniform ; hristles few or nane. 



9. Villous Rose (i?. rillusa). — Prickles nearly straight ; leaflets doubly 

 serrated, downy, glandular ; calyx segments slightly pinnate. Plant perennial. 

 This liose, which is found in the northern counties of England, has its sepals 

 remaining after the fruit is ripened, and closing down upon it. It flowers 

 during June and July, and has reddish blossoms. The plant is remarkable 

 for its downy nature, and is sometimes called the Apple-bearing Rose, from 

 its nearly globose fruit. 



10. Downy-leaved Rose (IL tomenfusa). — Prickles mostly uniform, 

 straight, or curved ; leaflets twice serrated, downy, glandular ; calyx seg- 

 ments pinnate. Plant perennial. This species, Avhich is not uncommon in 

 hedges and thickets, has its large red Roses in June and July. It is 

 remarkable for its stout and long shoots, and the downiness of its leaves, 

 which are almost hoary. It is by many botanists considered to be a sub- 

 species of the foregoing. 



* * * * FricJdcs, some hooked, some straight, intermixed with hristles ; leaves with 



glands. 



11. True Sweet-Briar (IL nihigindsa). — Prickles numerous; leaflets 

 twice serrated, hairy, glandular beneath, mostly rounded at the base ; calyx 

 pinnate, remaining attached to the ripe fruit ; fruit, when young, pear- 

 shaped. Plant perennial. Every one who has breathed the air perfumed 

 by the odour of the Sweet-Briar must regret that the shrub, with its pretty 

 pink Roses, is not more common on our waysides. It grows chiefly in the 

 south of England, on open bushy places, especially on chalky soils, but it is 

 far from being a frequent plant, except in gardens, where it is commonly 

 and deservedly cultivated- both for beauty and fragrance. It has been 

 planted there for many centuries ; for, in days when many of our modern 

 Roses were unknown, this could be found in the garden of the monastery, 

 or the "pleasure garden of the gentlewoman." Parkinson, who wrote his 

 "Garden of Flowers" in 1629, enumerates it among those which he prized. 

 "The great varietie of Roses," he says, "is much to be admired, being more 

 than is to be scene in any other shrubbery plant that I knowe, both for 

 colour, forme, and smell. I have, to furnish this garden, thirty sorts at the 

 least, eucry one notably diflferent from the other, and all fit to be here enter- 

 tained, for there are some others, that being wilde and of no beautie or smell, 

 we forbeare, and leave to their wild habitations." Not only in our own 

 country, but almost throughout Europe, this fragrant shrub is trained for 



