ROSA INODORA 
In the plant at Warley the sweet-briar scent is apparent after rain, 
even without bruising the leaves. Crepin describes this Rose as sweet- 
scented, and he refers to a letter from Scheutz, the eminent Scandi- 
navian rhodologist, in which he says, “ Odor foliorum R. inodorae 
variat pro ratione vel natura aeris ita, ut folia aere sicco subin- 
odora vel paululum odora sunt, tempestate vero pluvia folia emittunt 
odorem suavissimum !” Fries’ name would thus appear to be in- 
appropriate. Crepin was of opinion that Rosa inodora was a northern 
form not extending very far from the Baltic regions. The different 
specimens sent him from other regions did not agree with Fries’ 
type, nor did he consider any of the British specimens typical. 
Mr. Baker thought the Northumbrian Rosa inodora Winch might 
prove identical with Fries’ type. Mr. W. Robertson collected the 
same form at Spring Gardens near Newcastle, and at Ravensworth 
Woods, Durham. According to Mackay , 1 it grows in hedges near 
the old church of Portmarnock and other localities in Co. Dublin. 
The Caucasian Rosa pulverulenta M. Bieb. differs from Rosa 
inodora in its compact habit, prickles passing gradually down into 
aciculi, round leaflets glandular on both sides, and hispid peduncles. 
As a cultivated plant it is rarely met with, and it has no particular 
claim as a garden plant except in botanical collections. 
1 Flora Hibernica , p. 99 (1836). 
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