242 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. 



ROSA L. Rose. 

 Rosa setigera Miclix. (bristle-bearing). 

 Climbing or Prairie Rose. 



Rare. Escaped from cultivation to roadsides, waste places 

 and thickets: Voluntown (Graves), Farmington (H. S. 

 Clark), Stratford and Bridgeport (Eames). June — July. 

 Adventive from the West. 



Rosa blanda Ait. (smooth). 



Meadow, Thornless or Early Wild Rose. 



Sandy soil. Rare in most districts : Hartford (H. J. Koeh- 

 ler), Milford (Andrews). Occasional along the Housatonic 

 River from Oxford (Harger) northward. Late May — June. 



Rosa spinosissima L. (very spiny). 

 Scotch or Burnet Rose. 



Rare. Escaped from cultivation to roadsides in Preston 

 and Franklin (Graves). June — ^July. Adventive from 

 Europe. 



Rosa cinnamomea L. (cinnamon-scented) . 

 Cinnamon or Kitchen Rose. 



Rare or occasional. Escaped from cultivation to roadsides 

 and waste places near old houses ; in the hills of Salisbury 

 sometimes forming dense thickets (Bissell). June — July. 

 Naturalized from Europe. 



Rosa rugosa Thunb. (wrinkled). 

 Japanese Rose. 



Rare. Milford, escaped from cultivation about old house- 

 sites (Eames & C. C. Godfrey) ; occurs also at Bridgeport and 

 Greenwich (Eames). June — Aug. Adventive from Asia. 



Rosa canina L. (of a dog). 



Dog, Canker, Hip or Brier Rose. 



Rare. Pastures and roadsides: Bolton (C. C. Hanmer), 

 Southington (Andrews). June — July. Adventive from 

 Europe. 



Rosa rubiginosa L. (rusty). 



Sweetbrier. Eglantine. Hip or Kitchen Rose. 



Occasional or frequent. Thickets, pastures and roadsides. 

 June — July. Naturalized from Europe. 



