ROSE. 169 



in this country, and Les Roses, par Redoute, 

 published at Paris, in three folio volumes. 



Of the roses which are natives of these 

 islands, the British Botanist of 1820 notices 

 twenty belonging to England, four to Scot- 

 land, one to Ireland, and one to the Scilly 

 islands. These are made to form seven dis- 

 tinct species in the Hortus Kewensis, the 

 most delightful of which is the sweet-brier, 

 or eglantine, rosa rubiginosa or eglanteria. 



" By sweet-brier hedges, bath'd in dew, 



Let Hie my wholesome path pursue." Warton. 



u Come, gentle air ! and while the thickets bloom, 

 Convey the jasmin's breath divine, 

 Convey the woodbine's rich perfume, 

 Nor spare the sweet-leaved eglantine." Shenstone. 



It is noticed by Chaucer, as long back as 

 the middle of the fourteenth century, — 



" The ofrene herber 



With sycamore was set, and eglatere." 



This species of rose is found in chalky or 

 gravelly soil, on heaths, or hedges, in most 

 parts of Europe ; but the size and fra- 

 grance of the leaf is greatly improved by cul- 

 tivation, that has also produced six varieties 

 of this fragrant-leaved brier, the most beau- 

 tiful of which are the double-flowered and 



