The flower is composed of 5 heart-shaped petals, curving like a shell, of an exquisitely delicate texture and smoothness; their color a lovely creamy-rose tint. The stamens are many, curling, and pale straw color. The calyx is 5-parted, the spreading tips notched 3 or 5 times; they are smooth, with a velvet lining which is tinted a very pale creamy-green, while the outside of the calyx is bright green. The flowers are set in groups on little twigs, and scattered profusely along the stalks. When the flower opens, the calyx-tips turn back. The haws are large, and of a brilliant coral-red color which they retain through the winter. The sturdy young shoots, which grow rapidly, are thickly protected by long bristles of a rusty red color. An element of beauty, in the growth of this most perfect rose, exists in the free curve with which its branches bend downward their wreaths of bloom. The odor of the leaves is like that of green apples. [Illustration: SWEET-BRIAR: Rosa rubiginosa.] *Pasture Rose.* _Rosa humilis._ Found on rocky hillsides, and in dry thickets, during June or July. The branching, leafy stalk is rather slender, firm-fibred, and smooth, and grows about 2 or 3 feet high; its spines are occasional, short and fine, and either straight or slightly down-curved,--they occur also in pairs at the base of the leaf. In color green, with, or without, bronzy-red streaks. The leaflets, 3 to 7 in number, are a long-oval shape,--frequently narrow,--sharp pointed, with an irregularly toothed margin, a thin, firm, close texture, the ribs bristly underneath. In color a fine rich green. The leaves are alternately placed, and clasp the stalk with a pair of flaring, narrow wings (“stipules”). The petals are 5, heart-shaped, and shell-like, the texture is thin, showing the veins; color, a pure and delicate rose-pink. The stamens are short, many, and yellow; the pistils gathered in a small crimson center. The bright green calyx-divisions are 5, long and narrow, deeply and sharply cleft, covered with bristles. The flowers on leafy stems, are placed, terminally, or along the branches, in pairs, or singly. The blossoms are odorous, and abundant,--their petals are beautifully curved. The plants grow in thick plantations, and are partial to upland pastures, where they contest their rights with the Hardhack, and Everlastings, and even crowd upon the red cedars and wild apple trees. [Illustration: PASTURE ROSE: R. humilis.] *Smooth Rose.* _Rosa blanda._ *Meadow Rose.* Found near meadow walls, and along fences, in June. The stout, rather large stalk, branches a great deal and is very leafy; it varies from 2 to 4 or more feet, and is generally quite without prickles. The new shoots are green, tinged with pink, and show a slight bloom; the old growths (they become woody-fibred) are dark red.