Rosacece Rosa. 1 6 1 



the other Koses. In most French works this species bears the 

 name of Eglantine, and it is generally considered to be the 

 veritable jR. JEglanteria of Linnaeus. It has produced com- 

 paratively few variations, and apparently no crosses. The 

 Capuchin Briar (fig. 87), flowers yellow outside, and of a more 

 or less vivid reddish brown inside ; Harrisonii, with yellow 



Fig. 87. Capuchin Briar. (J nat size.) 



double flowers, not uncommon in England ; Persian Yellow, 

 entirely of a bright yellow and very double, one of the prettiest 

 yellow Eoses we possess. 



R. rubiginbsa. Sweet Briar, is found in some parts of Eng- 

 land. A very dense bush about 6 feet high, bearing numerous 

 curved spines; leaves usually of seven dull green leaflets, 

 glandular below, and very odoriferous when bruised between the 

 fingers. The flowers are rose or very pale carmine, slightly 

 scented ; the" fruit very variable in shape, smooth or hispid, 

 retaining the convergent calyx-lobes until ripe. 



R. micrantha is a much commoner closely allied form 

 with less strongly scented foliage and deciduous calyx-lobes. 



VIII. EOSJE CAN!N^E, Dog Eoses, in which the orifice of the 

 calyx-tube, or more properly the receptacle, is contracted as in 

 the preceding by the thickening of the disk, but differing from 

 the species of that section by the absence of odoriferous 

 glandular hairs on the leaves. Their suckers are curved, 

 and arired with equal recurved spines. This group differs 

 from the following in having always free styles. We here 

 find many species of great interest to the gardener. They 

 are as follow : 



Rosa canlna, the true Dog Eose, is one of the commonest 

 species. It abounds throughout Europe, and extends even to 

 the northern parts of Asia. It commonly exceeds 6 feet in 



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