. Canadian wild flowers [microform]. Wild flowers; Fleurs sauvages. 64 EARLY WILD ROSE. The leaves of rdsa blanda arc pale underneath; leaflets five to seven; flowers blush-pink; stem not very prickly ; fruit red and round ; the bush from one to three feet in height. Anothcrofour dwarf wild roses, R. Itlcida, is widely diffused over Canada; it is found on all open j)lain-lands, but shuns the deep shade of the forest. The bark of this wild rose is of a bright red. and the young wood is armed with bristly prickles of a greyish colour. When growing in shade, the half opened flowers and buds are o
. Canadian wild flowers [microform]. Wild flowers; Fleurs sauvages. 64 EARLY WILD ROSE. The leaves of rdsa blanda arc pale underneath; leaflets five to seven; flowers blush-pink; stem not very prickly ; fruit red and round ; the bush from one to three feet in height. Anothcrofour dwarf wild roses, R. Itlcida, is widely diffused over Canada; it is found on all open j)lain-lands, but shuns the deep shade of the forest. The bark of this wild rose is of a bright red. and the young wood is armed with bristly prickles of a greyish colour. When growing in shade, the half opened flowers and buds are of a deep pink or car- mine, but where more exposed in sunny spots, the petals fade to a pale blush-colour. This shrub becomes somewhat troublesome if encouraged in the garden, from the running roots which send up many' shoots. In its wild state the dwarf rose seldom exceeds three feet in height; it is the second and older wood that bears the flowers ; the flower bearing branches become almost smooth or only remotely thorny. The leaflets vary in number from five to nine; they arc sharply serrated at the edges, and smooth on the surface ; the globu- lar scarlet fruit is flattened at the eye ; of a pleasant sub-acid taste. This beautiful red-barked rose grows in great profusion on the huckleberry plains above Rice Lake, clothing large tracts of hill iind dale, and scenting the evening air at dew-fall with its delicate fra- grance. There is, or used to be, a delicate pale flowered briar rose, having small foliage and numerous blossoms of a low branching habit grow- ing in the high oak-hills in the townsliij) of Kawdon. I have never seen the flowers myself, but have heard the plant described as a rare species. The Swamp Rose, Jiosa Carolina, is not uncommon; it is. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original
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