ROSE FAMILY. Rosacex. 



A comparatively thornless wild rose, 

 Smooth Rose wit h usually 5-7 blunt or round-tipped 

 p^ bh leaflets rather short-stalked, and pale be- 



June July neath ; simply toothed. Rarely there are 

 a few straight slender prickles upon the 

 smooth stem which is usually covered with a slight 

 bloom. The pale crimson-pink flowers are nearly 3 in- 

 ches broad and are solitary or in small clusters. The 

 fruit is either globular or pear-shaped with persisting 

 sepals. 2-4 feet high. On rocky, moist ground, New- 

 foundland to Vt. and northern N. J., and west to 111., 

 S. Dak., and the region of the Great Lakes. Rosa is the 

 ancient name of the rose. 



Swamp Rose ^ verv bushy species, extremely decora- 

 Rosa Carolina tive in character, armed rather sparingly 

 Pink with stout hooked spines. The 5-9 olive 



June-August green i ea fl ets sharp-toothed, long-stalked, 

 and the stalk bordered with very narrow somewhat 

 toothed stipules (leafy formations) ; the leaflets either 

 blunt or sharp-tipped. The small clusters of flowers 

 succeeded by showy, globular, red fruit which some- 

 times sheds its withered sepals. The pale crimson-pink 

 flowers 2-3 inches broad. Largely fertilized by bees. 

 2-7 feet high. Common in swamps and low ground 

 everywhere. Found at Sankaty Head, Nantucket. 



A low species with generally lustrous 

 Rose green leaves of from 3-7 oval leaflets 



Rosa lucida coarsely and simply toothed ; the stipules 

 Pink (compare with species above) are narrow 



June-July and fl ar i n g_ A marked characteristic of 

 this rose is the glandular-hairy globose fruit, stem, and 

 lobed sepals ; before maturity this condition is quite 

 marked. The spines are wide at the base and rather 

 straight or very slightly curved ; the stems are mostly a 

 ruddy madder brown. Flowers a pale or deeper crim- 

 son-pink, in small clusters, generally very few together. 

 The commoner rose of N. J. and Pa. 1-5 feet high. 

 In moist situations. Me., south to Ga., and west to 

 Wis. 



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