Vermont Shrubs and Woody Vines 



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THE swEETBRiER. Rosa rubtginosa L. 



No plant in all our flora bears a more appropriate name than 



the sweetbrier, with its combination of strong needle-pointed, 



hooked prickles, and the spicy fragrance of its foliage. This 



is evident to the sensitive nostril even when some distance away, 



SWEETBBIEB. 



Flowering branch, X %. 



but when crushed between the fingers is unmistakably suggestive 

 of the fragrance of a highly scented apple. It must have 

 been for this, coupled with its glossy green, that it was brought 



