244 Brief Remarks on some indigenous Roses. 
mineralogy and geology; yet I trust that a few short observa- 
tions on several Roses, natives of the north of England, may still 
be acceptable to a few of your readers, particularly as numerous 
doubts and difficulties are entertained by the most skilful bo- 
tanists of the age respecting many species or varieties of this 
elegant and interesting but intricate genus. 
Sir, 
Your obedient servant, 
Newcastle, March 24, 1816. M. J. WINCH. 
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No. 1. Rosa spinosissima. Willd. Sp. P]. 2. 1067. Fl. Brit. 2. 
537. Eng. Bot. 187. 
R. pimpinellifolia. Syst. Nat. ed. 10. 1062. 
Flower-stalks smooth, fruit black. 
On the sands of the sea-shore and in the alpine valleys 
of Teesdale. 
The Burnet-leaved rose is a shrub of very humble growth, 
but rises to a tall bush in hedges and woods near this 
place.—The figure in English Botany is well delineated ; 
but the fruit should have been almost black, to distin- 
guish it more clearly from the next species, 
No.2. Rosa rubella. Eng. Bot. 2521. : 
R. spinosissima, var. 3. With. vol.2. p. 465.—var. 8. 
Martyn’s Miller’s Gardener’s Dictionary. 
R. pimpinellifolia. Hort. Cantab. ed. 7. p. 154.? 
Flower-stalks bristly, fruit scarlet. 
This pretty rose, which is certainly very distinct from 
the preceding, occurs sparingly mixed with it on the 
sea-beach near Shields Law in the county of Durham. 
It appears to have been first noticed by a Mr. Atkin- 
son, and transmitted to the late Dr. Withering froin 
Landscall Haws in Lancashire, where several acres of 
land are covered by this highly ornamental shrub. Is 
not this called R. pzmpinellifolia in some botanic 
gardens, and by the nursery-men in the vicinity of 
London ? 
No.3. Rosa involuta. FI. Brit. 3. 1398. Eng. Bot. 2068. 
Fruit and flower-stalks very prickly. 
Resembles R. spinosissima in its manner of growth; and 
in the shade rises to a tall shrub.—In Heaton Dean 
below Benton Bridge, Northumberland. Rare. 
No. 4. Rosa arvensis. Willd. Sp. Pl. 2. 1066, Fl. Brit. 2.538. 
Eng. Bot. 188. 
In hedges and woods east of Newcastle frequent, generally 
bearing its flowers single (see var, 2, Hudson and 
Withering), 
