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Synonymes. R. suavifolia Lighlf. Scot., 1, p. 261, Fl. Dan., t. 870; R. Eglantbria 

 Mill. Diet, No. 4, Lin. Sp., edit. 1, p. 491 ; R. agre"stis Savi Fl. Pis., p. 475; R. ru- 

 biginosa parviflora Rau, Enum., 135. 



Spec. Char., <f*c. Prickles hooked, compressed, with smaller straighter ones in- 

 terspersed. Leaflets elliptical, doubly serrated, hairy, clothed beneath with rust- 

 colored glands. Sepals pinnate, and bristly, as well as the peduncles. Fruit 

 obovate, bristly toward the base. Native throughout Europe, and of Caucasus. 

 In Britain, in bushy places, on a dry gravelly or chalky soil. Leaves sweet- 

 scented when bruised, and resembling the fragrance of the Pippin Apple. When 

 dried in the shade and prepared as a tea, they make a healthful and pleasant bev- 

 erage. This species is extensively used in Europe for the formation of Tea Roses, 

 and it is estimated that two hundred thousand are budded annually in the vicinity 

 of Paris alone. The species is very vigorous, but does not seem to answer well in 

 our hot sun. The change from its native shaded thickets and hedges is too much 

 for its tall exposed stem and although the stock may not itself die yet the variety 

 budded upon it will frequently perish in two or three years. This is doubtless 

 partly owing to a want of analogy between the stock and the variety given it for 

 nourishment, but that the former is the prominent evil is evident by the fact that 

 dwarfs of the same stock, where the stem is shaded by the foliage, flourish much 

 better. The Eglantine, in favored situations, is very long-lived. A French wri- 

 ter speaks of one in which he had counted one hundred and twenty concentric 

 layers, making thus its age the same number of years. Another writer speaks of 

 an Eglantine in Lower Saxony, whose trunk separated into two very strong 

 branches, twenty-four feet high and extending over a space of twenty feet. At the 

 height of seven feet, one of the branches is nearly six inches and the other four 

 inches in circumference. There is a tradition that it existed in the time of Louis 

 the Pious, King of Germany in the ninth century. This however must evidently 

 be received with some allowance. Flowers pink. Fruit scarlet, obovate or ellip- 

 tic. A shrub, growing from 4 ft. to 6 ft. in height, and flowering in June and 

 July. 



49. R. SUAVE V OLENS Pursh. The sweet-scented Rose, American Sweet-Briar, or 



Eglantine. 



Identification. Pursh PI. Amer. Sept. vol. 1, p. 346; Don's Mill., 2, p. 578. 



Synonymes. R. rubiginosa and Eglanferia of the Americans. Rafin. Ros. Amer. in 

 Ann. Phys., 5, p. 518. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Prickles scattered, straight. Petioles beset with glandular bristles. 

 Leaflets ovate, serrated, sparingly glandular beneath. Flowers usually solitary. Pe- 

 duncles bracteate. Fruit ovate. Native of North America. Leaves sweet-scented 

 when bruised. Flowers pink. Sepals entire. A shrub, growing to the height of 5 ft. 

 or 6 ft., and flowering in June and July. 



50. R. MICRA'NTHA Sm. The small-flowered Rose, or Sweet-Briar. 



Identification. Smith in Eng. Bot., t. 2490; Don's Mill., 2, p. 578. 



Synonyme. R. rubiginosa /? micra'ntha Ldndl. Ros., p. 87, with erroneous syno- 

 nynies. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Prickles hooked, scattered, nearly uniform. Leaflets ovate, doubly 

 serrated, hairy, glandular beneath. Sepals pinnate. Fruit elliptic, rather bristly, con- 

 tracted at the summit. Stems straggling. Native of Britain, in hedges and thickets, 

 chiefly in the south of England. Leaves sweet-scented. Flowers small, pale red. A 

 shrub, from 4 ft. to 5 ft. in height, flowering in June and July. 



51. R. SE V PIUM Thuil. The Hedge Rose, or Briar. 



Identification. Thuil. Fl. Per. 252; Borr. in Eng. Bot. Suppl., t. 2653 ; Don's Mill., 

 2, 578. 



Synonymes. R. helvetica and R. myrtifolia Hall; R canina /? Dec. Fl. Fr., ed. 3, 

 No. 3617 ; R. agrcstis Sam Fl. Pis., 1, p. 474 ; R. biserrata, R. macrocarpa, and R. 

 stipularis Mer. Fl. Par., 190, ex Desv., f. 75. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Prickles slender. Branches flexuous. Leaflets shining, acute at 

 both ends. Flowers usually solitary. Fruit polished. Sepals pinnate, with very nar- 

 row segments. Native of Europe in hedges ; in England, near Bridport, Warwick- 



