ROSACEi^ 



The most common Gall is the Rose Bedeguar or Robin's pin-cushion, 

 produced by the larvte of a Gall-gnat {R/iodites ?-osce) ; other species of the 

 same genus produce Pea-like Galls on the foliage, especially of wild roses. 



MUSK ROSE, Rom moschata. 



Gardens. July, August. A fine climbing species with clusters of large 

 single flowers having a very characteristic scent. Shoots should be shortened 

 in April. 



Floicers yellowish-white, very fragrant, 1.^-2 ins. diam., in a compound 

 terminal corymb, pubescent ; Calyx hoary pubescent, tube small, obovoid, 

 lobes 2-3 times length of tube, glandularly serrate, often pinnatifid ; Petals 

 orbicular-obovate ; Styles united into a hairy clavate column ; Fruit a 

 cynarrhodium, globose or ovoid, \ in. diam., dark-brown, crowned by base 

 of deciduous calyx-lobes. 



Leaves alternate, imparipinnate, 2-6 ins. long, leaflets 3-9, ovate or ovate- 

 lanceolate, acute or acuminate, acutely serrated, puberulous beneath. 



A deciduous climbing shrub, 18-20 ft. ; Prickles scattered, stout, recurved. 



Native of S. Europe, N. India, Afghanistan, and China; introduced 1.590. 

 Specific name from Iv. moschus, musk. 



SWEET BRIAR, Rosa rubiginosa. 



Chalky hills, gardens. A native Rose, justly prized for the delightful 

 fragrance exhaled from the glands of its leaves. It is a good hedge plant. 

 June, July. 



Floxvers pink, small, solitary or corymbose, 1-3 flowers, peduncles setose; 

 Calyx pinnate, sub-persistent, densely glandular ; Styles free, hairy ; Fruit a 

 cynarrhodium, sub-globose or oblong, glabrescent, or with few small prickles, 

 disk small. 



Leaves alternate, imparipinnate, leaflets 5-7, small, oval or sub-orbicular, 



round at base, acute or obtuse, biserrate, shining and glabrous or slightly 



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