Note 273 — {41} Fifthly, Of Plants.

Gerard, p. 1272,—Rosa rubiginosa, L.; and R. micrantha, Sm. Since naturalized, especially in Eastern New England, and not uncommon on roadsides and in pastures. First indicated as a member of our Flora by Bigelow in 1824.—Fl. Bost., in loc. “Eglantine, or sweet-bryer, is best sowen with juniper-berries,—two or three to one eglantine-berry, put into a hole made with a stick. The next year, separate and remove them to your banks. In three years’ time, they will make a hedge as high as a man; which you may keep thick and handsome with cutting.”—Josselyn’s Voyages, p. 188. And what next goes before seems to show that the author picked up this information here; which is not uninteresting.