ROSA PARVIFLORA-WILD ROSE. 



LINN. CLASS, ICOSANDEIA ; ORDER, POLYGYNTA. 

 NATURAL ORDER, ROSACEA. 



The Calyx of the rose is urn-form, inferior, five-cleft, fleshy ; 

 petals five ; carpels numerous, bristly, fixed to the side of the 

 calyx within ; tube of the calyx depressed, globose, and with 

 the peduncles hispid ; petioles pubescent, sub-aculeate ; stem 

 glabrous ; prickles stipular ; leaflets lance-oval, simply serrate, 

 glabrous ; flowers sometimes in pairs. 



This variety of the Wild Rose is generally found of a bright 

 crimson color, and delights in dry and rather sandy soils, 

 attaining a height varying from one to three feet. It is fond 

 of growing among bushes and low shrubbery, amid whose 

 deep-green foliage its blushing petals and ruby buds glow with 

 gem-like beauty. In tangled brake, and wood-land dell the 

 wild rose is always found ; and although many more brilliant 

 wild flowers adorn our forests, there are few which find such 

 universal favor. 



