64 EARLY ATILD ROSE. 



The loaves of rosa hIamJa arc pale underneath ; leaflets five to 

 seven: flowers l>lush-i)ink : stem not very prickly; liuit red and 

 round ; the bush from one to three feet in height. 



Another of our dwarf wild roses, 11. lucuh, is widely diffused 

 over Canada ; it is found on all open plain-lands, but shuns the deep 

 shade of the forest. 



The bark of this wild rose is of a bright red, and the young wood 

 is armed w ith bristly prickles of a greyish colour. When growing in 

 shade, the half opened flowers and buds are of a deep pink or car- 

 mine, but where more exposed in sunny sj)ots, the petals fade to a 

 pale blush-colour. This shrub becomes somewhat troublesome if 

 encouraged in the garden, from the running roots which send up 

 many shoots. In its wild state the dwarf rose seldom exceeds three 

 feet in heiiiht ; it is the second and older wood that bears the flowers : 

 the flower bearinii; branches become almost smooth or onlvremotelv 

 thorny. The leaflets var}' in number from five to nine; they are 

 sh irjily serrated at the edges, and smooth on the surface ; t!ie globu- 

 lar scarlet fruit is flattened at the eye ; of a pleasant sub-acid taste. 



This beaut ii'ul red-barked rose grows in great pmfu o i on the 

 huckleberry plains above Rice Lake, clothing large tracts of hill and 

 dale, and scenting the evening air at dew-fall with its delicate fra- 

 grance. 



There, is,or used to be, a delicate pale flowered briar rose, having 

 smafl l()iia«j:e and numerous blossoms of a low branchins: habit <rrow^- 

 ing in the high oak-hills in the township of Hawdon. I have never 

 seen the flowers myself, but have heard the plant described as a rare 

 species. The Swamp Rose, Bosa Carolina, is not uncommon ; it is 



