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ROSA grandiflora. 
Large-flowered Scotch JRose. 
ICOSANDRIA POLTGYNJA. 
Nat. ord. Rosaceje. 
ROSA. iSWpra vo/. l./o/. 46. 
Div. 5. PimpineUifi^. Setigtra armi$ cmftrtu ivbeonformibus, v. iiier' 
meg; ebrwteatdB (rarisimi oracteatee). Foliola ifmia v. ohUmgoi. Se- 
pala conniventiaf ptrsistentia. DiiCUi nAlimlbu, 
R. grandiflora, setis ramonim nuUU, acul^ itibeeqiialibat distantibus, fo- 
lioUs planis impubibus nmpliciter serratii. JUnoZ. Man, Ros. 53. 
The native country of this fine Rose is uncertain. It is 
said to be an inhabitant of Siberia ; but the R. pimpbieUifolia 
of Bieberstein, which was supposed to be the same as this 
species, being referred in the Supplement of the Flora Tau- 
rico-caucasica to R. altaica of Willdenow, there is now no 
better authority for considering it a native of Asia than the 
vague report of gardeners. 
It is nearly related to Rosa spino.ii.ssima, tliesc two 
j^cies differing, as we have stated elsewhere, nearly in the 
same manner as R. invohita and Sabini. The chief points 
of difference between this and R. spinosissima consist in its 
very large flowers, and in the want of setae among the 
prickles of the branchlets. It is, moreover, a much more 
robust plant than any of the varieties of R. spinosissima, and 
has larger fruit. 
Our drawing was made in the Crarden oi the Horticul- 
tural Society last Spring. 
