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fpcar-fhaped Heps, ^vhich are h-nooth. The plants 

 produce a fccond crop of flowers about the end of 

 y\ufTuiI:5 but thefe fall off, and are not fuccccdcd by 



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Hie iccd% of the feventh fort were fent me by Robert 

 More, Kfq; from Spain, where he found the plants 

 growing naturally •, this rifes with ftrong upright 

 llalks about four feet high, armed with flrong thorns. 

 The leaves are hairy on both fides ^ the lobes are 

 roundifn, and fawed on their edges i the fmall leaves 

 of the empalement are acutely fav/cd-, the flowers are 

 finglc, of a bright red colour, and appear early in 

 May -, thefe are fucceeded by large, fmooth, round- 

 ifli Heps, which ripen the end of Auguft. 

 The eighth fort was difcovered by Signior Micheli, 

 growing naturally in the woods near Florence, who 

 fent it to Dr. Boerhaave of Leyden, in whofe curious 

 ' garden I faw it growing in the year 1727: this hath 

 flender (talks which trail upon the ground, unlefs they 

 are fupported, and, if trained up to a pole or the 

 item of a tree, will rife twelve or fourteen feet high ; 

 they are armed with crooked reddilh fpines, and gar- 

 niflied with fmall leaves, compofed of three pair of 

 oval acute-pointed lobes, terminated by an odd one; 

 they are of a lucid green, and are fawed on their edges ; 

 they continue green all the year ; the flowers are fmall, 

 fingle, white, and have a mufky odour ^ thefe in 

 their natural place of growth continue in fucceflion 

 great part of the year, 'bur their time of flowering in 

 England is in June. - 



The ninth fort grows naturally in Spain ; the feeds of 



w^ .this were fent me by Robert More, Efq-, who found 



!- the plants growing there naturally. This rifes with 



■ ereft fcalks four or five feet high, which are covered 



. with a green bark, and armed with fl:rong crooked 



white fpines. The leaves are compofed of five oval 



lobes ending in acute points -, they are fmooth, of a 



lucid green, and are flightly fawed on their edges j 



thefe continue all the year, and make a goodly ap- 



'[. pearance in .winter. \> The' flowers "grow in large 



"[^bunches or umbels at the end of the branches ; they 



,^ arc fingle, ^white, and have a ftrong mulkjr, odour ; 



■i^ythey appear in Auguft^^ and Jf the autumn proyes 



" '^favourable, will continueln fucceflion^ till Odtober. 



, The tenth forf grows naturally inYirginia and other 



,^Vjparts of North America ; this rifes with feveral fm.ooth 



i llalks to the height of five or fix feet. ^ The young 



'-^ branches are covered with a fmooth purple bark ; the 



leaves are compofed of four or five pair of fpear- 



, fhaped lobes, terminated by an odd one ; they are 



fmooth on both fides, of a lucid green on their upper 



'" fide, but pale on their under, and are deeply fawed 



, the flowers are fingle, of a livid red 



colour, and appear in July ; the empalement is divided 



<■ . into five long narrow fegments which are entire. This 



^CJis kept in gardens for the fake of variety, but^ the 



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ftrong fpines. The leaves are fmooth, and com- 

 pofed of three pair of oval fpcar-fliaped lobes, termi- 

 nating in points ending with an odd one ; they are of 

 a light green colour, and fawed on their cdcrcs ; the 

 flowers are produced in large bunches, in form of um- 

 bels, at the end of the branches ; thefe appear in Au- 

 guft, and continue in fucceflion till the froft ftops 

 them i they are white, and have a fine mufky odour. 

 There is one with fingle, and another with double 

 flowers of this fort. The fl:alks of thefe plants are 

 too weak to fupport themfelves, fo the plants fliould 

 be placed where they may have fupport. 

 The fourteenth fort is the Dutch hundred-leaved 

 Rofe ; this rifes with prickly ftalks about three fee: 

 high. The leaves have fometimes three, and at others 

 five lobes •, the lobes are large, oval, fmooth, and of 

 a dark green with purple edges •, the foot-ftalkof the 

 flower is fet with brown brifl:ly hairs j the empalement 

 of the flov;er is fmooth, and half winged -, the flowers 

 are very double, and of a deep red colour, but have 

 little fcent. 



The fifteenth is the Damafk Rofe •, this rifes with 

 prickly fl:alks eight or ten feet high, covered with a 

 greenifli bark, and armed with fliort fpines. The 



leaves are compofed of two pair of oval lobes, ter- 

 minated by an odd one ; they are of a dark green on 

 their upper fide, but pale on their under •, the borders 

 frequently turn brown, and are flightly fawed ; the 

 foot-fl:alks of the flowers are kt with prickly hairs; 

 the empalement of the flower is wing-pointed and 

 hairy : the flowers are of a foft pale red, and not 

 very double, but have an agreeable odour ; the Heps 

 are long and fmooth. 



The fixteenth is the common large White Rofe, fo 

 well known as to need no defcription. Of this there 

 are two varieties, one with a half double flower, 

 having but two or three rows of petals, and the 

 other has a fmaller flower, and the flirub is of lower 





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^ -The feventeenth fort is called the Blufti Belgick 



Rofe : this rifes about three feet hig;h, with prickly 



ftalks. The leaves are compofed either of five or feven 



: lobes, which are oval, hairy on their under fide, and 



. flightly fawecf on tlielr edges ; the foot-ftalks of the 



: flowers and the emparements are hairy, and without 



^ ipines ji.^theempalements are large and half-winged ; 



;^^the flo^vers are very double, of a pale flefli colour, 



ij^anct have but little fcent. It generally produces great 



quantities of flowers. The red Belgick Rofe differs 



from this only in the colour of the flower, which is 



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 •:i,^ weak ftalks which fen3 out many flender Branches, 



clofely armed with fliort, crooked, brown fpines. The 

 ,' leaves are compofed of two or three pair of oval thin 

 "^Upbes, terminated by ah odd one ;,jhey are fmooth, 

 i^-cf a. Tight green, and are fliarply fawed on their 



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The eighteenth fort is the common Provence Rofe, 

 which is well known in the Englifli gardens, being 

 cultivated in great plenty in the nurferies, and is one 

 of the moft beautiful forts yet known../ The flowers 

 of this fort are fometinies very large, and the petals 

 are clofely folded over each other like Cabbages, 

 :, from whence it is called the Cabbage Rofe. The 

 • flowers of this fort of Rofe have the moft fragrant 

 odour of all the forts, therefore is better worth pro- 

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The twelftH "'lort is commonly called the Auftrian 

 , Rofe. The ftalks', branches7 ancl leaves are like tfiofe 

 .. ofthelaft, but the leaves are founder ; the flowers 

 *'^„"^re larger^; the petals have deep indentures at "their 



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; Sngle;^' h^ve no lx:ent, and foon fall. away.^^. There is 



.frequently a variety of this with yellow flowers upon 



one branch, and copper colour upon anotlier.^ This 



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 . 'vveak ftalks to the height of ten or twelve' feetV co- 

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- of this rife from three to four feet high, and are not 



armed with fpines ; the leaves are hairy on their under 



:^ fide J the foot-ftalks of the lowers are' armed with 



;■ fo me fmall fpines ;" the empalement of the flower is 



/'"half-winged; the flowers nave five or fix rows of 



• petals 'which are large, and fpread open ; they are of 



.^ a pale blufti colour, and have a muflcy fcent. 



^ The tv^entieth fort is the common Red Rofe, which 



. is ufed in medicine. . The ftalks of this fort grow 



erc6t, and have fcarce any fpines ; they rife from three 



to four feet high ; the leaves are compofed of three or 



-five large oval lobes, which are hairy on their under 



the fmall leaves of the empalement are undi- 



i the flowers' are large, but not very double, 



fpread open wide, and decay foon ; they are of a 



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