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Rosa Spinosissima (Burnet- 

 leaved Rose) 



and intermixed with bristles. The foli- 

 age is small, leaves with 7-9 leaflets ; 

 flowers solitary, white, very fragrant ; 

 fruit dark purple. Waste places, espe- 

 cially near the sea. The origin of the 

 garden varieties of Scotch Rose. 

 Fl. May, June. Shrub. 



2. R. tomenlosa (Downy-leaved Rose). 

 Leaflets doubly serrated, and glandu- 

 lar ; calyx pinnate. Distinguished by 

 its stout, long shoots, downy, almost 

 hoary leaves, large white or pale pink 

 flowers, 1-3 together, and oblong fruit, 

 covered more or less with small prickles 

 and usually crowned with the cop- 

 iously pinnate calyx-leaves. Hedges 

 and thickets, particularly in the north; 

 common. Fl. June, July. Shrub. 



3. R. rubiginosa (Sweet Brier). Leaflet doubly serrated, hairy, 

 glandular beneath, mostly rounded at the baee ; calyx pinnate, re- 

 maining attached to the ripe fruit ; fruit pear-shaped when young, 

 and becoming globose, red, and usually smooth ; larger prickles 

 hooked, the smaller ones straight, mixed with bristles. The Eglan- 

 tine of the poets, but not of Milton, whose " twisted Eglantine" is 

 the Woodbine or Honeysuckle. A favourite garden plant, deser- 

 vedly cultivated for the sake of its deliciously fragrant foliage. 

 Bushy places, especially on chalk. Fl. June, July. Shrub. 



4. R. canina (Dog Rose). Leaves smooth, or slightly hairy ; 

 calyx pinnate, not remaining attached to the fruit ; styles distinct ; 

 prickles hooked ; flowering stems usually smooth, and bearing soli- 

 tary flowers or 3 or 4 together. This is the Common Hedge Rose, 

 a flower belonging exclusively to summer, and welcomed at its first 

 appearance scarcely less warmly than the early Primrose of spring. 

 The colour of the flower varies from white to a deep blush, and the 

 leaves also differ considerably ; but the above characters will be 

 found to include all the principal varieties. Hedges and bushy 

 places; abundant. Fl. June, July. Shrub. 



5. R. arvensis (Trailing Dog Rose). Prickles small, hooked ; 

 leaves smooth ; calyx slightly pinnate, not remaining attached to 

 the fruit ; styles united ; stigmas forming a round head. Distin- 

 guished from all other British species of Rose by its slender, trailing 

 stems. The flowers are white and scentless, and there are fewer 

 prickles than in most other species. Woods and hedges ; common 

 in the south of England. Fl. June to August. Shrub. Botanists 

 describe no less than nineteen species of native Roses, but, as many 



