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hip is not scarlet, but of a brown, or purplish 

 black colour, and full of a sweet purple juice. 

 The tall Scotch rose of the garden is very 

 similar to this flower, and probably only a cul- 

 tivated variety of it. 



The trailing dog rose (Rosa arvensis) is also 

 very common in the sovithern counties of Eng- 

 land. The bush is seldom more than three 

 feet high, but its long winding stems extend to 

 the distance of several feet. The flowers grow 

 in large bunches, and are quite white. The 

 prickles are not numerous on the branches, and 

 the little round buds which cluster upon them 

 are almost destitute of them. This flower is 

 very common in Yorkshire, and has the repute 

 of being the white rose of the Yorkists, at the 

 time when civil wars desolated our land. 



The broom, " the bonnie broom," {Genista 

 scoparia,) with its myriads of golden flowers, is 

 glittering on the dry hill, or heath-land. The 

 farmer eyes it with complacency, for when the 

 broom flowers freely it is generally regarded as 

 a promise of a good harvest. It is an exceed- 

 ingly beautiful flower, and one over which the 

 bees hover incessantly, and beside which the 

 wanderer on the heath is glad to make his 

 couch, that its odour may sweeten his sleep. 

 The French term it le (jenet a balai, for, like 

 us, they make brooms of its branches. It is 

 said that the house of Plantagenct derived its 

 name from this flower, and various traditions 

 record the circumstance. The one most com- 

 monly believed is, that the name was assumed 



