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BRITISH WILD FLOWERS. 
THE GLAUCOUS-LEAVED DOG ROSE. (R. cassia, Smith.) 
This species closely resembles the common Dog Rose, but it is distinguished by its glaucous hue, and small 
but numerous leaflets. It is found principally in the Highlands. 
§ 6.— Styles cohering in the form, of a column, protruded beyond the orifice of the tube of the calyx, ( Lindley.) 
7.—THE CLOSE-STYLED ROSE. (Rosa systyla, Batard .) 
Synonymes. — R. collina, Smith ; R. stylosa, Desveaux. | Specific Character. — Root-shoots nearly erect, arched. Prickles 
Engravings. —Eng. Bot., t. 1895 ; 2nd ed., t. 717. | strong, hooked. (Lindley.) 
Description, &c. —This species is remarkable for the length of its shoots, which sometimes ascend to the 
height of ten or twelve feet. It is common in almost every part of England; but it bears so close a resemblance 
in its general appearance to the common Dog Rose, as to be scarcely distinguishable from it by a common 
observer, though a botanist would know it instantly by the styles protruding beyond the orifice of the calyx, and 
cohering together so as to form a column. The flowers are pink, and they are produced in June and July. 
8.—THE AYRSHIRE ROSE. (Rosa arvensis, Hudson.) 
Synonymes. —R. repens, Ehrh. ; the Trailing, or White Dog Rose. Specific Character. —Root-shoots long, trailing. Prickles unequal, 
Engravings. —Eng. Bot., t. 188; 2nd ed., t. 718; and our fig. 4, falcate. Leaves deciduous, glaucous beneath. (Lindley.) 
in PL 34. 
Description, &c. —The Ayrshire Rose is distinguished by its long trailing shoots, and large, white, slightly 
fragrant flowers ; the fruit is rather small, and of a dark red, with a deep orange-coloured pulp. It is very 
common in different parts of England ; and in a state of cultivation is the parent of many of our most beautiful 
trailing and climbing roses. It flowers in June and July, and continues producing a succession of blossoms all 
the season. Among the climbing and pillar roses which have sprung from this species, is the beautiful Rosa 
ruga, which is a hybrid between it and the Tea-scented China Rose, and which is perhaps the most beautiful 
of all its lovely race. The popular name of Ayrshire Rose, which is given to this species, is said to have 
originated from the Earl of Loudon introducing it into Ayrshire from America, supposing it not to be a native of 
Great Britain ; and this assertion is supported by the fact that the Ayrshire Rose is in great abundance in the 
woods near Loudon Castle, in Ayrshire, though it is not found in any other part of Scotland, and is, in fact, a 
native of the southern counties of England. The following beautiful lines are supposed to have been addressed 
to this rose :— 
“ ’Tis the Rose of the desert, 
So lonely and wild, 
On the green leaf of freedom 
Its infancy smiled. 
In the languish of beauty 
It buds o’er the thorn, 
And its leaves are all wet 
With the bright dews of morn.” 
V.—THE BURNET TRIBE. 
The flowers have no petals, and only a green calyx, in the dry tube of which are generally two nuts. The 
Britisli species belonging to this tribe are all herbaceous plants, with compound leaves, and very small greenish 
flowers. 
