FAMILIAR 

 WILD FLOWEBS. 



SWEET-BRIAR. 



Rosa ntbiginosa. Nat, Ord., Rosacete. 



;EW of our wild plants are more 

 enduringly attractive than the 

 subject of our present illustra- 

 tion, for it not only possesses 

 all the beauty of form and 

 odour and colour that gives so 

 great a charm to the other 

 species of wild roses that adorn 

 our hedgerows, but adds to 

 these a fragrance of foliage that 

 is peculiarly its own. Hence 

 probably most of our readers 

 will have formed their ac- 

 quaintance with the plant from 

 having found it cherished in 

 some cottage garden. Like the 

 snowdrop, the foxglove, and 

 many other plants, it pays a 

 certain price for its place in 



popular esteem, and is rarely suffered to remain in its 



native habitat. 

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