64 SUMMER 



Rosa arvensis. Field rose. 



More trailing than Rosa canina. Foliage very 

 similar. 



Flowers white with gold stamens. Usually three 

 or four at the end of the branches, rarely solitary. 



Flowers summer, lasting much later than R. 

 canina. 



Rosa rubiginosa. Sweetbrier. 



Very nearly allied to R. canina, but easily recog- 

 nised by the aromatic scent of the foliage when 

 rubbed. 



Leaves glandular. 



Flowers pink, usually solitary, rather smaller 

 than R. canina. 



Flowers early summer. 



Rosa spinosissima or pimpinellifolia. Burnet or Scotch 

 rose. 



The most spiny of all the roses. Small bushy 

 shrub. 



Leaflets small, seven or nine to each leaf. 



Flowers rather small, white or pink, solitary at 

 the end of the short branches. 



Fruit black. 



Flowers spring or early summer and sometimes 

 again later. 



Rosa villosa or pomifera. Downy rose. 



Fruit globular, more or less covered with small 

 fine prickles. 



Leaflets downy on both sides. 

 Flowers white or pale pink. 

 Flowers early summer. 



