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describes it as flou.risL.ing by the Loe Pool. It blossoms in 

 July, and its dark brown berries ripen in September. 



The Sweet Briar (E. rubiginosa), grows side by side with the 

 Burnet Eose on the shore of the Firth of Forth, and it is also 

 an inhabitant of Cornwall, Fanny having gathered it near 

 Fowey. The fragrant scent of its foliage is better recognised 

 as a mark of distinction than its frail pink blossoms. This is 

 the Eglantine of the poets. 



The Dog Eose (E, canina, Plate VII., fig. 6), is a very 

 common species, adorning every hedge in July with its fragrant 

 flowers. It has pink blossoms, and not bright foliage ; and its 

 oval scarlet fruit is well known. In Queen Elizabeth's time 

 ladies used to make a conserve of these hips, and they are 

 still used medicinally. From the flowers excellent Eose-water 

 is distilled. The Eomans strewed Eoses in the streets at their 

 great festivals, and the Egyptians made the Eose an emblem of 

 silence : hence I imagine, the saying " Under the Eose." 

 With us it is rather an emblem of love. 



The Soft Eose, and the Downy-leaved Eose, grow in the 

 woods in Swaledale ; they resemble each other closely, the 

 foliage of both being rough, and having a strongly resinous 

 scent. The former species has large red fruit, tipped with 

 the old sepals ; the flowers and fruit of the latter are both 

 darker in shade, and the form of the fruit is longer. 



The Eound-headed Eose, with ribbed fruit, and the small 

 Sweet Briar, with pale blossoms, I have never found. The 

 latter is said to grow at Bridport, in Warwickshire. The 

 Glaucous Eose is a Highland species. 



The Trailing Eose is a pretty delicately-scented species, 

 common enough in our hedges, and easily distinguished by its 

 bright pale foliage, and the salmon tint of its petals. 



The Thicket and Irish Eoses have hooked prickles. I have 

 got no specimens of them. 



The Trailing Dog Eose (E. arvensis), is my last contribution. 

 It is very common in Yorkshire, climbing a great height. 



