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Index of Subjects ---2114655128-1053029176-1353851334=:36426 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Peter=0AFirst of all I've been to Brier Island twice - but never examine= d the roses carefully.=0Aso what I write is in general terms only.=0ABut th= e Common Wild Rose is one of the Rosa virginiana family.=0AThere are a numb= er of different species with small differences.=0AAll cross freely so there= is lots of intermediates. Good luck=0Aputting them in pigeon holes. Some m= embers of the family are native=0Amuch farther north than Nova Scotia. A ha= rdy plant.=0AThey are very useful on salt marshes and beaches and hold the = soil very well.=0ASpread like wildfire.=0AThey produce a lot of seed in hip= s somewhat larger than multifloria=A0=0Abut are used as food only in extrem= e cases. Although the flesh of the hips is=0Anutritious the seeds have hook= s on them that make passing the unused portion=0Aof the meal a scratchy aff= air. In fact the Natives had a name for them=0Athat probably wouldn't go by= the censor - LOL=0ARogusa roses have been cultivated and some have been us= ed to bind=A0=0Abanks and so on as John suggested. Not so liable to sucker = as the others.=0AAn interesting plant - lots of history.=0AEnjoy the first = snow=0APaul=0A=0A=0A________________________________=0A From: Peter Payzant= <pce@accesswave.ca>=0ATo: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca =0ASent: Sunday, Novembe= r 25, 2012 9:11:30 AM=0ASubject: Re: [NatureNS] Re:Multiflora Roses=0A =0AI= was wondering if the roses which were installed on Dunbrack St. in Halifax= (and later removed, I believe) were multiflora?=0A=0AAnd how about the eno= rmous ones which you see on the coast, say between the North Light and Seal= Cove on Brier Island, and on the barrachois beach at Pond Cove on Brier?= =0A=0APeter Payzant ---2114655128-1053029176-1353851334=:36426 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body><div style=3D"color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:ti= mes new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Hi Peter</= span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family:= 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent= ; font-style: normal;"><span>First of all I've been to Brier Island twice -= but never examined the roses carefully.</span></div><div style=3D"color: r= gb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', t= imes, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>so w= hat I write is in general terms only.</span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(= 0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', time= s, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>But the= Common Wild Rose is one of the Rosa virginiana family.</span></div><div st= yle=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman'= , 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: norma= l;"><span>There are a number of different species with small differences.</= span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family:= 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent= ; font-style: normal;"><span>All cross freely so there is lots of intermedi= ates. Good luck</span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 1= 6px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-c= olor: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>putting them in pigeon holes.= Some members of the family are native</span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb= (0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', tim= es, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>much f= arther north than Nova Scotia. A hardy plant.</span></div><div style=3D"col= or: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><= span>They are very useful on salt marshes and beaches and hold the soil ver= y well.</span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; fon= t-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: tr= ansparent; font-style: normal;"><span>Spread like wildfire.</span></div><di= v style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new ro= man', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: = normal;"><span>They produce a lot of seed in hips somewhat larger than mult= ifloria </span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16p= x; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-col= or: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>but are used as food only in ex= treme cases. Although the flesh of the hips is</span></div><div style=3D"co= lor: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><= span>nutritious the seeds have hooks on them that make passing the unused p= ortion</span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font= -family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: tra= nsparent; font-style: normal;"><span>of the meal a scratchy affair. In fact= the Natives had a name for them</span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0,= 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, se= rif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>that probabl= y wouldn't go by the censor - LOL</span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0= , 0