The writer of this was brought up among people who ought to know what they meant when they spoke of the Eglantine. This plant certainly was the Dog Rose, or Rosa canina. American authors insist that the Sweet Briar is the Eglantine, and, when the subject was discussed some years ago, so many "authorities" were brought out that it did seem that perhaps the writer was wrong in his belief. The matter is brought to mind afresh by a chapter on Rosa canina, in Ravue Horticole, by Mons. Ph. Petitcoq, who remarks "its common name is Eglantine." As Eglantine seems evidently of French origin, a Frenchman should be some authority on a native name.