▁* ac ul ent us ▁( with ▁the ▁ending ▁of ▁spin ul ent us ▁' th orn y , ▁pr ick ly '), ▁from ▁Latin ▁ac ule us ▁' pr ick le ', ▁from ▁ac us ▁' need le '. ▁ ▁S weet ▁refers ▁to ▁the ▁sweet , ▁apple ▁fra gr ance ▁of ▁the ▁leaves , ▁while ▁b ri ar ▁~ ▁b rier ▁refers ▁to ▁it ▁being ▁a ▁th orn y ▁bush . ▁ ▁Cult iv ation ▁and ▁uses ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁its ▁p ink ▁flowers , ▁it ▁is ▁val ued ▁for ▁its ▁sc ent , ▁and ▁the ▁h ips ▁that ▁form ▁after ▁the ▁flowers ▁and ▁persist ▁well ▁into ▁the ▁winter . ▁Graham ▁Thomas ▁recomm ends ▁that ▁it ▁should ▁be ▁plant ed ▁on ▁the ▁south ▁or ▁west ▁side ▁of ▁the ▁garden ▁so ▁that ▁the ▁fra gr ance ▁will ▁be ▁brought ▁into ▁the ▁garden ▁on ▁warm , ▁mo ist ▁wind s . ▁ ▁The ▁tea ▁made ▁from ▁the ▁h ips ▁of ▁this ▁rose ▁is ▁very ▁popular ▁in ▁Europe ▁and ▁elsewhere , ▁where ▁it ▁is ▁considered ▁a ▁health y ▁way ▁for ▁people ▁to ▁get ▁their ▁daily ▁do se ▁of ▁vit amin ▁C ▁and ▁other ▁nut ri ents . ▁A ▁cup ▁of ▁rose ▁hip ▁tea ▁will ▁provide ▁the ▁minimum ▁daily ▁adult ▁requirement ▁of ▁vit amin ▁C . ▁During ▁World ▁War ▁II ▁the ▁British ▁re lied ▁on ▁rose ▁h ips ▁and ▁h ops ▁as ▁the ▁sources ▁for ▁their ▁vit am ins ▁A ▁and ▁C . ▁It ▁was ▁a ▁common ▁British ▁w art ime ▁expression ▁to ▁say ▁that