BRITISH WILD FLOWERS. 
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Shenstone says:— 
“ dome, gentle air ! and while the thickets bloom, 
Convey the Jasmine’s breath divine; 
Convey the Woodbine’s rich perfume, 
Nor spare the sweet-leafed Eglantine.” 
Moir, the Delta of Blackwood’s Magazine , calls it— 
“ The Eglantine—the red Rose of the wood— 
Its cany boughs with threatening prickles arm’d, 
Rich in its blossoms and sweet-scented leaves.” 
And Chaucer says— 
“ The Eglantine exhaled a breath, 
Whose odours were of power to raise from death.” 
The flowers of the Sweet Briar are pink, and they appear about June and July; while the fruit, which 
ripens about September, is of a deep orange-red, and covered with bristles. R. sepiurn , which has pale pink 
flowers and very small leaves, is probably a variety of the Sweet Briar. 
§ 5.— Prickles equal, hooked. Leaflets ovate, without glands, with converging serratures. Sepals deciduous before the fruit is ripe. 
Disk thick, closing up the orifice of the tube. (Lindleg.) 
C.—THE COMMON DOG ROSE. (Rosa canina, Lin.) 
Synonymes. —R. surculosa, Woods ; R. glaucophylla, Winch ; Specific Character. —Leaflets ovate, acute, smooth on both sides. 
R. sarmentacea, Woods. Prickles falcate. ( Lindley.) 
Engravings. —Eng. Bot., t. 992 ; 2nd ed., t. 715 ; and our fig. 3, 
in PI. 34. 
Description, &c.— The Dog Rose is one of the most common shrubs in British hedge-rows ; and, indeed, 
there are few parts of the country in which it is not abundant, and few hedges which are not decorated with its 
lovely blossoms in June and July. It varies very much in different soils and situations, particularly in colour; 
but Sowerby says, it may always be easily distinguished' by its smooth glossy green leaves, distinct included 
styles, and elongated oval fruit, from which the calyx-segments are deciduous.” The following beautiful lines 
addressed to this rose are by Burns :— 
“ May’st thou long, sweet crimson gem, 
Richly deck thy native stem ; 
Till some ev’ning, sober, calm, 
Dropping dews, and breathing balm, 
While all around the woodland rings, 
And every bird thy requiem sings ; 
Then, amidst the diigeful sound, 
Shed thy dying honours round, 
And resign to parent earth 
The loveliest form she e’er gave birth.” 
The hips or fruit of the Dog Rose are very good to eat, from their pleasant flavour, and a kind of conserve of 
roses is sometimes made from them, though the medicine usually known by that name is prepared from the 
leaves of Rosa gallica. R. dumetorum, Thuil., and R. Forsteri , Smith, appear to be only varieties of the common 
Dog Rose, but they are more hairy in the leaflets, and the flowers are of a paler colour. The name of Dog Rose 
was formerly given to all the wild roses, because their roots were thought to cure the bite of a mad dog. 
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