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also, are always white, 

 and the flowering season 

 lasts much longer. 



In both species the 

 fruit is more or less 

 globular ; the scarlet 

 " hips " are well-known 

 adornments of the 

 hedges in the autumn. 

 The differences in 

 general growth will be 

 w^ell seen in the photo- 

 graphs. The Sweet 

 Briar, or Eglantine, 

 {Rosa ruhiginosa) is 

 found principally in 

 chalky districts, and is 

 easily recognised by the 

 odour of its foliage. 

 The scent is produced 

 in small glands spread 

 about on the leaves, 

 which gives the plant 

 a somewhat rusty ap- 

 pearance. The flowers 

 are solitary, pink, and 

 rather smaller than 

 those of the Dog Rose, 

 whilst the fruit is egg- 

 shaped, the broader 

 portion being farthest 

 away from the stalk. 

 The Burnet Rose {Rosa 

 spinosissima) — from 

 which has been devel- 

 o p e d the cultivated 

 Scotch Roses — is found 

 chiefly near the sea, 

 growing on dry, waste 

 land ; it is very dif- 

 ferent from the hedge 

 roses, as it is an erect 

 little shrub, seldom 

 habit, and bears its flowers more in more than two feet high. It bears small, 

 clusters than does the Dog Rose, and white, solitary flowers, with very prickly, 

 the whole plant is more slender and the straight thorns, while the fruit is dark 

 hooked prickles on the stem are smaller, purple in colour, 

 though none the less sharp ; the blooms, H. Purefoy FitzGerald. 



FIELD ROSE. 



