ROSE FAMILY 



SWAMP ROSE. CAROLINA ROSE 



Rosa Carolina. 



Erect, stiff, five to seven feet high with rather distant, stout, 

 commonly recurved spines, often with prickles scattered along 

 the stem; old stems dull purple; common in low wet grounds 

 and borders of streams and swamps. Ranges from Nova Sco- 

 tia to Florida and Mississippi, westward as far as Minnesota. 

 Suckers freely; makes clumps. 



Leaves. — Leaflets live to nine, usually seven, varying consid- 

 erably in outline, oval, ovate, ovate-lanceolate or obovate, one 

 to two inches long, wedge-shaped or rounded at base, serrate, 

 acute or obtuse at apex, often pubescent beneath. In autumn 

 they turn dull red of varying tints and shades; frequently darken 

 in midsummer. Stipules dilated. Petioles often prickly. 



Flowers. — June to August. Bright pink, two to two and one- 

 half inches across, borne in corymbose (dusters. Calyx-lobes 

 lanceolate, acuminate, often dilated above, hispid-pubescent, 

 spreading; after flowering deciduous; petals obcordate ; styles 

 distinct. 



Fruit. — Hip, scarlet, globose or depressed-globose, three- 

 eighths to one-half an inch long, glandular-hispid. Clings all 

 winter and remains in good color until March. 



The Carolina Rose is one of the most abundant of 

 our native roses. At the blossoming- time it seems to 

 possess the swamps and waste lowlands. It suckers 

 freely ; the underground stems travel fast and travel 

 far, and no plant is companionless after the first year. 



This is an excellent rose for park lanes and road- 

 sides. It is hardy, and will grow in good soil with 

 only a moderate amount of water, and the flowering 

 season is long. 



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