it OSANDRIA, PRNTAGYNIA. 



Small Jl'ild-rose. 



A \ ». rv pretty little species, found commonly along the 

 fences of fielda, and edges of woods ami thickets, and in and 

 aboul neglected stone quarries. Beema to delight inadrj soil. 

 About fourteen inches, or two feet high. Flowers pale rose- 

 red. }j . June, July. 



c. EL germs globose* and peduncles hispid; pe-cur y mbo». 

 tioKs hairy, subaculeate; stem glabrous, stipu- 

 lar-prickles near an inch long; folioles (5-7) 



oblong-lanceolate, acute, narrowly serrate, glau- 

 cous beneath; flowers corymbose. — Jl'ilUL and 

 Pursh. 



R. ( or} mbosa, Ehrli. and Mulil. 



li. Virginiana, Du Roi. harbk. 2. p. 353. (Pursh.) 



R. Penitsj 1\ anica. Mich. 



R. Carolina, Pursh. 

 Icon. Andrews's roses. Miss Lawr. roses> 3. 



:4. 30. 54. 66. 6S. (Pursh.) 



Swamp-rose. 



A very elegant and tall species, frequently attaining a height 

 of six feet. Flowers deep-red. In the swampy thickets bor- 

 dering the Delaware, particularly the Jersey side, four or five 

 miles below the city. fy . July, August. 



3. R. germs ovate, and peduncles hispid ; petioles ruhiginosa. 



and stem prickly ; prickles recurved ; folioles 



o^ate, glamlulous, hairy beneath. — Jilt., Kew.> 



and H'illd. arb. 

 R. Miaveolens, Pursh. 

 R. K^lanteria, Du Roi. and Mill. Diet. 

 R. snai ifolia, Lightfbot. 

 R. Bglanteria Americana, Andrews's roses. 



Icon. Andrews's roses. 



Sweet-briar. 



N ahffub is batter known, or more universally admired and 

 ilued, than this. The apicj fragrance of the lesrea is grate- 



ful to cv t ry person, and there are few gardens without a shrub 



