WILD FLOWERS pink 



and numerous curving, yellowish stamens. The 

 bright red fruit is oval in shape and endures 

 throughout the winter. Each of the five long, 

 narrow, spreading sepals is notched into several 

 tips. The Sweetbrier ranges from Nova Scotia 

 to Ontario, Tennessee and Virginia. 



SWAMP ROSE 



Rosa Carolina. Rose Family. 



This very bushy species grows from one to eight 

 feet high, and is sparingly armed with distant, stout, 

 usually hooked or curved thorns. Five to nine finely 

 toothed leaflets, varying in shape from oval to oblong 

 or even lance-shaped, form the compound leaf, which 

 has a narrow pair of stipules or leaflets at the base of 

 the slender leaf stem. The beautiful pink blossoms 

 are two or three inches broad. They have numerous 

 yellow stamens, and are loosely grouped. The long, 

 narrow, spreading sepals do not, as a rule, remain on 

 the showy, globular red fruit as do those of the Meadow 

 Rose. The Swamp Rose is common everywhere in 

 swamps and low grounds, from June to August. It 

 ranges from all of the Atlantic Coast States westward 

 to Minnesota and Mississippi. 



LOW, OR PASTURE ROSE 



Rosa humilis. Rose Family. 



This is the commonest and most abundant of all 

 the wild Roses. It grows branching and bushy, from 

 six inches to six feet in height, and has very slender, 



49 



