Chap. 602. ‘Engl'ijh Herbs. 
they, or other Rofes Jo. After thcflowers are pall, 
come the Fruit or Heps, Jomewhat long ani round, 
which are Jirjl hard of a yellowijh red. or of a red- 
difh ye How color , or rather of a bright /hiring 
Coral color , which as they grow ripe , the color grows 
«w« perfetf, and then the Pulp within , becomes 
ed the Flowers or Rofes, which are large, and eon- 
fa mg of five Leaves apiece, fomething fweet •. red 
at the fir ft, but when decayed with funding, grow- 
perfetfly fofl and of a pleafing acid Taftc. Within 
that foft Pu/p is a Kind of hairy Down. 
- j-j- /■ - -- -J J xyaaan. Within 
which the Seed is cnclojed. Upon this Wild Role 
Bulh or Briar , as well upon the Eglantine Bulh, 
there fometimes grows Spongiola Plinij, a Spongy 
Burr or Ball of Threads compofed of many little 
roundijh holloa Cells, each one of which, has for 
the moft part a live Worm or Maggot in it. 
IV. The fecond. or Wild blulh Briar Rofe. 
This is fo like to the former, that it is fcarceiy to 
be difeerned from it , either for the height oj the 
Stem, or great fore of Prickles, or fmallncfs of 
the Leaves-, but only by the Flowers, which are 
feme thing larger , and of a deeper b/ujh, or 'pale 
purple color, and fomething fweet withall. 
V. The third, urMufcovia Briar Rofe. T/«iWild 
Briar hat feveral reddiflt yellow Stalks rifing from 
its Root, J potted or rather bunched out as it were 
with Blifters in feveral places, with Prickles thereon 
like the Jirjl Common Briar or Wild Rofe. The 
Leaves arc not many, but j. mall like the Common 
Wild Hedge Briar, or rather /mailer , and turning 
red in Summer. The Roles are fmgle and /mail 
oj a deep incarnate color. 
VI. The fourth, or Virginia Briar Rofe. It has 
feveral as large Stems and Branches as any other 
Wild Rofe, whofe young ones are green, and the 
elder grayijh.fet with many /mail Prickles, and a 
few great ones among them. The Leaves are very 
green, and fhining, /mall, and almojl round, 
many fet on a middle Rib, one again/} another 
fomething like unto the Single yellow Rofe. The 
Flowers grow at the tops of the Branches, confifting 
0/ jive /mall Leaves of a pale purple, or deep in- 
carnate color, like unto tho/e of the Sweet Briar 
which fall away quickly, as they and others do. 
VII. The fifth, or Sweet white Briar Rofe. It 
has woody Stems, about three Feet high, fet as thick 
with Jharp Prickles , as either the Common Wild 
Briar or Eglantine is 1 ani fet with like Winged 
Leaves, but not jo green. At the tops of whofe 
green Branches ft and ufually but one Flower apiece, 
confifting of five white Leaves, reafonable large ’ 
and of a fweet Smell, with feveral yellow Thread's 
in the middle. The fe being pa ft away ; the Heps 
(fuch as in the former) come in their places, faving 
that the/e are black when they are ripe, and not 
yellow, containing within them a kind of Hairy 
Down, in which the Seed is endofod. 
VIII. The fixtb, or the Vetmilian Briar Rofe of 
Auftria. Thp younger Branches of this Rofe Bulh 
are fender and reddifh, the elder of a browmfh 
gray. Jet with feveral Trickles, but not very thick , 
great or Jkarp. The Leaves are J ometbing larger 
than tho/e of the Single yellow Rofe, el/e not much 
unlike. The Flowers are jingle, as large as tho/e of the 
Yellow Rofe, of which this is thought to be a Species 
but differing in color , this being of an excellent Orange 
taixmey color , with an Eye of Vermillion caft over it 
and of a paler yellow on the out fide, after which 
( being pa ft away) the Fruit fucceeds. 
IX. The f eve nth , or Dwarf red Briar Rofe of 
Auftria. It grows fcarceiy two Feet high , with 
fender green Stems, fet with few or no Thorns be- 
low, but repleat up higher with many , having whitijh 
green Leaves upon them like the Common red Rofe, 
ani gray ifh underneath, fine or /even fet together 
■upon a Stalk. At the tops of the Branches , come 
forth very great bearded Husks, wherein are contain- 
mg much more pale , before they fall away, with 
yellow Threads in the middle. After the flowers 
the Fruit or Heps fucceed , which are red as the 
others, but greater than any of the former , and 
made more in the fajhion of a Pear, than any oj them . 
X. The eighth, or The greater Apple Briar Rofe. 
Us Stock or Stem is great, covered zeith a darkijh 
gray Bark, but the younger Branches are fomething 
reddtftt. , armed here and there with great and Jhatp 
Prickles, but nothing fo great or plentiful as in 
the Eglantine, altho it be a Wild Kind. The Leaves 
To °‘“. wh,u J h Sreen color, almoft like unto the 
ftrit White Role, and five always fit together 
feldom /even. The F/oulers are Jmall and fmgle, 
confifting of five Leaves , without any Smell , or 
very little-, and but a little bigger than tho/e of 
/he Sweet Briar Bulh, and of the very fame deep 
blujh color x every one of them ft adding upon a rough 
or prickly button. Bearded in the manner of other 
Roles ; which when the Flowers are fallen , grow 
great , fomewhat long and round , Pc, ft fafhior.ed . , 
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bearing the Beards on them tbps ■, and being full ripe 
are red, keeping the /mall Prickles Ji ill on them , 
with a foft Pulp , in which is contained many white 
hard and roundijh Seeds , like unto tho/e of the 
Eglantine Heps. The whole Plant con/ifts more in 
the graceful appearance of tho/e Apples or red Fruit 
hanging on the Branches, than in the Flowers, or 
any other parts thereof ; for the beauty of which 
it has been brought into Gardens. 
XI. The to, mb, or Small Apple Briar Rofe or 
Burnet Briar Rofe. This /mall Rofe feldom ri fee 
above a loot high, being of two forts, whereof the 
one has but few Prtckles on its Stalks - and the other 
pull of fmall Prickles (both which are oftentimes 
found m one Ground, but the very pricklfoihe more 
frequent) Jet with long winged Stalks of. -Leaves- 
being many fmall round greenifh Leaves fet one 
again/t another upon a middle Rib , finely dented 
about the edges, /renting much like to a Burnet 
Leaf, for the form and number Jet together from 
whence came one of its Names. The Flowers are fmgle 
fmall and white, without Smell-, after which come fmal-l 
round Heads, which are black when they are full ripe 
and full of Seed, as in the Heps of other Rofes. ’ 
XII. The tenth, or Dwarf white Briar Rofe 
Its Root creeps more than the reft, and it is one of 
the final left Rofes .fcarceiy rifing a Foot high, being 
fet with fmall Prickles-, and with Leaves alfo, ac- 
cording to the proportion of the Plant, and the wild- 
nejs oj the Kind. The Flowers are while and 
vu Hc r s ' or Fruil “ nJ Seed ' l‘ke the reft. 
XU1. The eleventh, or Single dwarf Briar Rofe 
without Prickles. It grows very low, even almoft 
upon the Ground, with green Stalks without any 
Prickles on them, and fet with fmall winged Leaves, 
fo fmall that they foarce foem to be Leaves of a 
taX d >L Plotter is fmall, fingle, and of a pa’e 
reddifh color -, very fweet in fome Soils , and as it 
wet e without Scent in others -, and Flowering in fome 
places both in the Spring and Autumn. 
XI V. The twelfth, or Evergreen Briar Rofe. It 
is a Bitfh very hke to the Wild fingle Eglantine 
as hinting many very long green Brandies, but more 
/ lender and weak -, fo that many times they bend 
down again, not bang able 10 foft am tkemfelves 
without Jcme help, and armed wth'hookcd Prickles, 
at other Rofes be. 'The winged Leaves confift of 
Jeven J mailer Leaves for the nw/t part , of which 
fome two, which are loweft- arid oppofite, are fmall- 
eft- the next two bigger than they-, the higheft 
couple bigger. than any of the former, and the. end 
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