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Index of Botanical Specimens

Classification	Rosaceae: Rosa
Complex Object	This is a complex collection object (5 items with 1 preparation)
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)	00872507
Other Barcodes on Sheet	; ; ; ;
Collector	H. D. Thoreau
Country	United States of America
State	Massachusetts
Geography	North America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Massachusetts: Middlesex County: Concord
Locality	Jesse Hosmer's
Date Collected	1856-09-02
GUID	http://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/e3b40451-9fa0-4fa0-b7e4-7a8bf5ce210d
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode	00872507
Herbarium	GH
Family	Rosaceae
Determination	Rosa virginiana Miller
Determination Remarks	[is Current name]
Annotation Text	fide R. L. Angelo, Vascular Flora of Concord, Massachusetts (http://www.ray-a.com/ConcordMassFlora.pdf) Accessed 29 March 2017
Subcollection	Thoreau Herbarium
Phenology	Sterile
Preparation Type	Sheet
Preparation Method	Pressed
Description	[Jesse Hosmers]

Remarks

["In a pile of stones by the hickory wall op[posite] the Jesse Hosmer farm -- about 5 or 6 rods on 3d mile from road -- a rose not a sweet-briar--perhaps a var of Lucida -- with large pear shaped hips -- a little convex in the slope {drawing} -- crowned with large persistent Calyx lobes -- these, the fruit & peduncles glandular bristly -- 2 to 3 flowers together -- Leaves glossy large tooth smooth both sides -- with very wide (1/2 inch) stipules -- & very large persistent prickles only now to the stem." unpublished passage for Journal Sept. 2, 1856]