TI1E HOSE. 
“ The different kinds of roses are very nu¬ 
merous ; and botanists find it very difficult to 
determine with accuracy which are species 
and which are varieties. On this account, 
Linnaeus, and some other eminent authors, 
are inclined to think that there is only one 
real species of rose, which is the rosa canina, 
or dog-rose of the hedges, &c., and that all 
the other sorts are accidental varieties of it. 
However, according to the Linnasan arrange¬ 
ment, they stand divided into fourteen species, 
each comprehending varieties, which in some 
sorts are but few, in others numerous. 
“ The Dog-Hose is well known as the 
blossom of the Common Briars, growing wild 
in almost every part of Europe ; here called 
the hip-tree, hep-tree, and in Devonshire, 
canker, and canker-rose: the name of dog- 
rose probably arises from the heps or fruit 
being eaten by dogs, whence the Tartars call 
the heps by a name signifying dog-fruit. 
“ The common Provins Rose is one of the 
most beautiful yet known in the English Gar¬ 
dens : it is very large and full, folded close in 
the manner of a cabbage ; some call it the 
Cabbage-Rose on this account. It is the 
most fragrant as well as the handsomest kind 
we have: it will grow seven or eight feet. 
