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the other Roses. In most French works this species bears the 
name of Eglantine, and it is generally considered to be the 
veritable A. Lyluntéria of Linneus. It has produced com- 
paratively few variations, and apparently no crosses. The 
Capuchin Briar (fig. 87), flowers yellow outside, and of a more 
or less vivid reddish brown inside; Harrisdnii, with yellow 
Fig. 87, Capuchin Briar. (4 nat size.) 
double flowers, not uncommon in England; Persian Yellow, 
entirely of a bright yellow and very double, one of the prettiest 
yellow Roses we possess. 
R. rubiginisa, Sweet Briar, is found in some parts of Eng- 
land. A very dense bush about 6 feet high, bearing numerous 
curved spines; leaves usually of seven dull green leaflets, 
glandular below, and very odoriferous when bruised between the 
fingers. The flowers are rose or very pale carmine, slightly 
scented ; the fruit very variable in shape, smooth or hispid, 
retaining the convergent calyx-lobes until ripe. . 
R. micrantha is a much commoner closely allied form 
with less strongly scented foliage and deciduous calyx-lobes. 
VIII. Rosa Canina, Dog Roses, in which the orifice of the 
calyx-tube, or more properly the receptacle, is contracted as in 
the preceding by the thickening of the disk, but differing from 
the species of that section by the absence of odoriferous 
glandular hairs on the leaves. Their suckers are curved, 
and armed with equal recurved spines. This group differs 
from the following in having always free styles. We here 
find many species of great interest to the gardener. They 
are as follow :— 
Rosa canina, the true Dog Rose, is one of the commonest 
species. It abounds throughout Europe, and extends even to 
the northern parts of Asia. It commonly exceeds 6 feet in 
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