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and east of the Casino, between the Walk and the 

 East Drive, is a large mass of roses, which is made 

 up, mostly, of the lovely prairie rose and the sweet- 

 brier. The prairie rose, climbing rose, or Michigan 

 rose, can be known by its leaves, which are usually 

 made up of three leaflets, sometimes five. Its climb- 

 ing stems are not bristly, but are armed with strong 

 curved prickles. The leaves are oval, rounded at the 

 base, but acute or obtuse at the apex. They are also 

 thickish, and have the veins quite deeply depressed. 

 The sweetbrier, Rosa rubignosa, equally lovely, has 

 its leaflets five to seven, usually five. They are ob- 

 tuse at the top, rounded at the base, and covered on 

 the undersides with resinous glands. From these the 

 brier gets its sweet fragrance. Its slender stems are 

 set with stout prickles which are curved backwards 

 (re-curved). Its flowers are either solitary or in 

 twos, of a lovely pink to white, and its hips (fruits) 

 are scarlet and pear-shaped. 



North of this clump of roses, near the Drive, is a 

 pole that carries wires to the Casino. Near this pole 

 is another handsome bed of roses, mostly made up of 

 the Rosa centifolia, the cabbage rose. This rose has 

 its oval leaflets five to seven (usually five), and its 

 stems beset with straight (mostly) prickles. From 

 this stock are derived the pompon rose and the moss 

 rose. Its flowers, on nodding stems (pedicels), are 

 very fragrant, of a rose purple hue, generally. 



Skirting the westerly border of the Drive here, con- 

 tinuing northward you come to a lamp, just as the 

 Drive forks to send a branch off to the Terrace. About 



