THE 
SWEET BRIAR, or EGLANTINE. 
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Botanical Name, Rosa rubiginosa. —Class, Icosandria. 
—Order, Polygynia. — Flowers, pale-pink, foliage very 
fragrant .—Native place, Europe. 
Sentiment. 
SIMPLICITY. 
ORIGIN OF THE SENTIMENT. 
In the Floral Games a wreath of Sweet Briar 
was the prize of the victor poet, denoting by 
its simplicity that it was for honour, not for 
avarice, that the poets contended. Modern 
poets have also celebrated the simplicity of 
the Sweet Briar, and have affirmed the 
