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Rosa SEMPERFLORENS (y.) MINIMA. 
Miss LAwrence’s Rose. 
 Clafs and Order. : 
IcosANDRIA PotyGyYNtIA. 
Generic Charaéter. 
Petala 5. Cal. urceolatus, 5-fidus, carnofus, collo coaréatus. 
Sem. plurima, hifpida, calycis interiori lateri affixa. 
Specific Charaéfer. 
ROSA /emperflorens ; fru€tibus oblongis pedunculifque hifpidis, 
caule, petiolifque aculeato-hifpidis, foliis fubternatis acu- 
leatis, Willd, Sp. Pl. 2. p. 1078. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 3. 
p. 266. me 
a ROSA /emperflorens. Smith Exot. Bot. 2. p. 63. t. 91+ 
ROSA diverfifolia. Venten. Cel. 35. a 
@. ROSA /emperflorens ; caule aculeato, foliis fubternis, pedun- 
culis fubunifloris aculeato-hifpidis, calycis laciniis integris. 
Curtis's Bot. Mag. 284. ; 
y- frutex nana, fparfim aculeata, petalis acuminatis. 
Several varieties of the Rosa /emperflorens, differing in fize, 
colour, and fcent, have, within thefe few years, found their 
Way into the different colleétions about town, and have generally 
en reprefented as frefh importations from China ; we believe, 
however, that moft of them have been raifed from feed here. 
Every experienced cultivator knows, that the varieties to be 
obtained in this way are endlefs. | 
Our prefent fubjeét is the moft dwarfifh Rofe that has ever fallen 
under our notice, rarely producing any branches, fo large as 
Teprefented in our plate. We are inclined to confider it as a 
mere feminal variety, perhaps of hybrid origin; yet we cannot 
affert that it is not a diftin& fpecies. It is generally known 
among colleftors by the name of Miss Lawkence’s Rose. 
The plant from which our drawing was taken, was com- 
Municated by Mr. Hupson, of the war-office. Flowers moft 
a of the {pring, and has an agreeable, though not powerful 
cent, . 
