WILD FLOWERS pink 



dainty confection. And so on, and so on, one could 

 add to this endless subject. 



SMOOTH, OR MEADOW ROSE 



Rosa blanda. Rose Family. 



A low-growing, large flowered, and, usually, thorn- 

 less species which grows from two to four feet high in 

 moist, rocky places. From five to seven bluntly 

 tipped and sharply toothed, oblong leaflets form the 

 compound leaf. The thin, dark green foliage is paler 

 beneath, and the short leaf-stem is guarded with a 

 conspicuous pair of wings that clasp the stalk at the 

 joint. The handsome, large, pink flowers are slightly 

 fragrant, and are often three inches broad. They are 

 either solitary or sparsely grouped on slender stems. 

 The petals are broad and curving, and the numerous 

 yellow stamens are clustered around the flat, central disc 

 of greenish-yellow pistils. The green calyx has five 

 lance-shaped sepals that remain erect upon the ripening 

 globular or pear-shaped fruit. The Meadow Rose 

 blossoms during June and Julv, from Newfoundland 

 to New England and New Jersey, and west to Ontario, 

 Illinois, and Missouri. It is rather more common in 

 the Great Lake region than elsewhere. 



CANKER ROSE. DOG ROSE. WILD BRIER 



Rosa canina. Rose Family. 



During June and July, the Dog Rose spreads its 

 beautiful, and usually solitary, pink or white flowers 

 along our roadsides and waste banks. It grows about 



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