330 FLOWERING SHRUBS 



SHRUBBY CINQUEFOIL 



Potentilla fruticosa. Rose Family 



Stems : erect or ascending, much branched, very leafy, the bark 

 shreddy. Leaves : pinnate ; leaflets five to seven, oblong, acute at each 

 end, silky-pubescent, the margins revolute. Flowers : terminal, densely 

 cymose or solitary, bright yellow ; petals five, nearly orbicular in out- 

 line, exceeding the five ovate calyx-lobes and five bractlets. 



In July and August the dry sunny alpine meadows are 

 rendered gay by these lovely bright yellov^ Cinquefoils, which 

 resemble large buttercups and grow on low bushy shrubs, 

 amid much silvery foliage, composed of tiny compound leaves 

 covered with a soft silky down. The bark on the slender 

 stems is extremely shreddy. 



PRICKLY ROSE 



Rosa acicularis. Rose Family 



Stems: densely prickly. Leaves: pinnate; leaflets large, five to seven, 

 oval-lanceolate, coarsely toothed. Flowers : solitary ; petals pink, broadly 

 obovate; sepals entire, acuminate, persistent and erect upon the fruit. 

 Fruit: globose, glabrous. 



The bush on which this Rose grows is about three feet 

 high and bears lovely, fragrant, pale pink flowers. The leaves 

 are large and very dark green, and the stems are covered 

 with many tiny, fine, straight prickles. All the wild Roses 

 display a preference for the number five, having five petals 

 and five sepals. 



No flower in the world has been so famous in poetry and 

 song as the Rose. Its beauty and fragrance have won for it 

 an honoured place in the annals of history, in classic lore, 

 and in the glowing pages of romance. 



" Was ever blossom lovelier than the rose? " 

 Surely not. Nor can we agree with Juliet when she says : 



" That which we call a rose 

 By any other name would smell as sweet." 



