“WILD FLOWERS PINK 
dainty confection. . And so on, and so on, one: ‘could 
add to this endless subject. 
SMOOTH, OR MEADOW ROSE 
Rosa blénda. Rose Family. 
A low-growing, large flowered, and, usually, thorn- 
less species which grows from two to four feet high in 
moist, rocky places. From five to seven bluntly 
tipped and sharply toothed, oblong leaflets form the 
compound leaf. The thin, dark green foliage is paler 
beneath, and the short leaf-stem is guarded with a 
conspicuous pair of wings that clasp the stalk at the 
joint. The handsome, large, pink flowers are slightly 
fragrant, and are often three inches broad. They are 
either solitary or sparsely grouped on slender stems. 
The petals are broad and curving, and the numerous 
yellow stamens are clustered around the flat, central disc 
of greenish-yellow pistils. The green calyx has five 
lance-shaped sepals that remain erect upon the ripening 
globular or pear-shaped fruit. The Meadow Rose 
blossoms during June and Julv, from Newfoundland 
to New England and New Jersey, and west to Ontario, 
Illinois, and Missouri. It is rather more common in 
the Great Lake region than elsewhere. 
CANKER ROSE. DOG ROSE. WILD BRIER 
Rosa canina. Rose Family. 
During June and July, the Dog Rose spreads its 
beautiful, and usually solitary, pink or white flowers 
along our roadsides and waste banks.’ It grows about 
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