1372 



i^OSA* multi flora; ?;«/•. platyphylla. 



r 



^ 



The Seven Sisters' Rose. 



f. 



ICOSANDRIA POLYGYNIA 



Nat. ord. Rosace* Vuss. {Introduction to the natural system, p. 81.) 

 ROSA.—Suprd, vol 1 . foL 46. 



* wf 



Div. Systylce. 

 adnatse. 



f 



Styli 



m 



columnam elongatam cohaerentes. 



Stipul 



ae 



^. muUiJlora ; ramulis pedunculis calycibusque tomentosis, tolioli 

 lanceolatis rugosis, stipulis pectinatis.— -Rosarw/n monogr. 119. 

 R. raultiflora. SuprA,foL 425y cum synonymis. 

 ^. platyphylla ; major ; floribus versicoloribus. 

 R. Grevillei. Hort. AngL 

 R. multiflora platyphylla. Red. ros. 2. ;;. 69. Dec. prodr. 2. 



^^ 



This, the most beautiful of all the climbing roses of 



Gardens 



IS 



of Ch 



some time between 1815 and 1817. 



For 



troduced 

 long period 



did not flower, and little importance was attached 



S 



most deservedly become a gen 



its splendid blosso 



have been produced 



favourite 



t has 

 Neverthe- 



, .. .o ..v.. .V, common as might have been expected 



many Gardens, exceedingly choice in the selection ot the 



This circumstance 



shoots being 



plants they contain, being without 



18 probably to be explained by the young 



tender and liable to be destroyed by frost, in which case 



no flowers are produced, the blossoms being always formed 



upon the twigs of strong two years' old wood. Great care 



should, therefore, be taken to protect the shoots by mats 



traw during the winter. 



Our drawing was made from a plant growing upon 



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* 



• This name is said to be derived from the Celtic rhod or rhudd, signi- 

 fymg red. 



