102 THE BOOK OP ROSES. 



This variety, a native of the marshes of New Eng- 

 land, is the most variable of the species. It alters 

 under the influence of climate, soil, culture, and other 

 circumstances. 



1. Common Carolina Hose. 

 Shrub, from six to seven feet high ; diffuse, very thorny, 



bark of a reddish brown. 

 Thorns, strong, large, scattered, straight; numerous 



at the base of branches ; crooked and placed under 



the stipules at their summit. 

 Stipules, often red. 

 Leaflets, narrow, wasting at the edge, of a greyish 



green, deeply toothed. 

 Floral leaves, entire. 



Sepals, garnished with small, linear appendages. 

 flowers, single, of a pale pink. 

 Petals, shorter than the sepals. 



This variety is easy of propagation, on account of 

 the number of suckers it throws up. 



2. JRosa Carolina Palustris, or Marsh Rose. 



(Larger than the preceding.) 

 Suckers, paler. 

 Branches, green and red. 

 Leaves, of a pale green. 

 Leafstalks, thorny. 



Floral leaves, as long as the flowerstalk. 

 Calyx, globose at the base, sometimes tapering to- 



wards the summit. 

 Sepals, simple. 



Flowers, single, of a pale pink, with red stigmates. 

 Suckers, numerous ; propagation easy. 



