504 sturtevant's notes on edible plants 



fniit separated from the seeds and mixed with wine and sugar, makes a jelly much esteemed 

 in some countries. Johnson ' says the leaves have been used as a tea substitute. 



R. centifolia Linn, cabbage rose. 



In China, the blossoms are used for scenting tea.' 



R. cinnamomea Linn, cinnamon rose. 



North temperate zone. The berries, or seed capsules, are eaten, says Dall,' by the 

 Alaska Indians. They are sweet and jiucy. The fruit is eaten by the Kamchatkians.'' 



R. fraxinellaefolia Andr. ash-leaved rose. 



Western Oregon. The haws are eaten by the Indians of the Cascade Mountains ' 

 and by the Nez Percfe.* R. Brown ' says the tender shoots in the spring are eaten by 

 the Indians. 



R. macrophylla Lindl. i 



Himalayan region and China. In India, Brandis * says the fruit is eaten. 



R. nutkana Presl. 



Northern Pacific coast to the Rocky Mountains. The fruit is juicy, pleasantly 

 acidulous and is an excellent antiscorbutic for the Alaska Indians.' 



R. rubiginosa Linn, eglantine, sweetbriar. 



Europe and Caucasus. Berries of this species are collected and sold in Norway.*" 



R. rugosa Thunb. turkestan rose. 



Eastern Asia. This rose is called mau, or in Japanese humanasi, and the fruit is 

 generally eaten by the Ainbs." 



R. semperflorens Curt, monthly rose, red china rose. 



China. The Chinese serve the flowers of this rose dressed whole, as a ragout.'* 



R. spinosissima Linn, burnet rose. 



Europe and Asia Minor. The deep purple fruit of this rose, so abimdant on sandy 

 shores in Britain, is very sweet and pleasant to the taste.'' 



R. villosa Linn. 



Europe and Asia. The fruit has a pleasant, acid pulp, which is sometimes served 

 at dessert in the form of conserves or sweetmeats. 



' Johnson, C. P. Useful Pis. Gt. Brit. 97. 1862. 



Rein Jndust. Jap. 123. 1889. 



Dall, W. H. U. S.D. A. Rpt. 178. 1868. 



Pickering, C. Chron. Hist. Pis. 417. 1879. (R. kamtchalica) 

 'U. S. D. A. Rpt. 415. 1870. 



Irving, W. Advent. Capt. Bonneville 99. 1849. 

 ' Brown, R. Bot. Soc. Edinb. 9:385. 1868. 



Brandis, D. Forest Fl. 203. 1874. 



Havard, V. Torr. Bot. Club Bui. 22:122. 1895. 

 ^'Gard. Chron. 823. 1857. 



" Pickering, C. Chron. Hist. Pis. 417. 1879. 

 " Davis Journ. Land. Horl. Soc. 9:262. 1855. 

 > Johnson, C. P. Useful Pis. Gt. BrU. 97. 1862. 



