262 PINK TO MAGENTA 



COMMON PASTURE, or DWARF, WILD 

 ROSE: Rdsa virginiana. 



Rose Family. June — July. 



A shrub 1-5 feet high, found on margins of 

 swamps, rocky shores. Newfoundland to 

 New York and Eastern Pennsylvania. 

 Flowers — Crimson-pink, 5 divisions, outer divi- 

 sions often with 1-2 small lobes. 

 Leaves — Compound, usually 7 toothed leaflets, 

 leaf-surface smooth and often shining 

 above. Stipules (leafy formations at 

 the bases of the leaves) more or less 

 dilated. Prickles hooked. 



SWAMP ROSE: R. Carolina. 



A straight-stemmed shrub 2-7 feet high, 

 found along borders of swamps and streams. 

 Nova Scotia to Florida, westward to Minne- 

 sota and Mississippi. Leaflets 5-9, finely 

 toothed, acute at each end, usually downy be- 

 neath. Stipules long and very narrow. 



SMOOTH, EARLY or MEADOW ROSE: 



R. bldnda. 

 A bush 2-4 feet high, found in rocky, moist 

 ground. Newfoundland to New England and 

 westward. Outer divisions of the flowers cov- 

 ered with bristly hairs. Leaflets 5-7, toothed. 

 Stipules dilated, usually toothless. Prickles 

 usually conspicuous by their absence. 



