Excerpt from Review of the British Roses: Especially Those of the North of EnglandPassing the alien Cinnamomeaz we come first to the Spinosissima, all comparatively low bushes, plentifully stoloniferous, with erect or slightly arching stems and short compact branches, typically subglobose fruit, and truly persistent sepals, but best characterised amongst the free-styled roses by the decided inequality of their usually crowded prickles, which pass from their full developement down to minute aciculi by gradual stages of transition, and by the, at least occasional occurrence of setse on the well-matured stems.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.