ROSE FAMILY 



GLOSSY ROSE. DWARF SWAMP ROSE 



Rosa liicida. 



Bushy, from three to six feet high ; found in wet places. 

 Ranges from Newfoundland to New Jersey and westward. Suck- 

 ers very little. 



Leaves. — Leaflets seven to nine, one-half to one and one-half 

 inches long, elliptic or obovate-elliptic, coarsely serrate, most- 

 ly acute at both ends, thick, shining above, slightly pubescent 

 beneath. Stipules somewhat dilated, often glandular-toothed; 

 prickles rather stout and flat, straight or slightly curved. 



Flowers. — June, July. Few or solitary, about two inches 

 across. Calyx-lobes usually entire. 



Fruit. — Hip, scarlet, depressed globose, glandular-hispid, one- 

 third of an inch long. 



This rose and Rosa humilis so approach each other 

 that much confusion exists with regard to them. In 

 comparison with Rosa nitida the leaves are a lighter 

 green ; in comparison with Rosa humilis, of thicker text- 

 ure. The bush is adapted for borders of shrubberies ; 

 the bright shining foliage and abundant bloom com- 

 mend it in summer, and in winter a glow of color is 

 diffused by its red fruits and its brownish red stems. 



NORTHEASTERN ROSE 



Rosa nitida. 



Bushy, one to two feet high ; stems and branches very densely 

 covered with slender straight prickles nearly as long as the slen- 

 der infrastipular spines ; found in low grounds and borders of 

 swamps. Ranges from Newfoundland to Massachusetts ; often 

 along the sea shore. Suckers freely. 



Leaves. — Leaflets, seven to nine, short-stalked, one-half to an 

 inch and a half long, oval or narrowly oblong, sharply serrate, 



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