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leafstalks and minierous others scattered on the stems, especially near 

 the ground. Leaflets usually five or seven, oblong or slightly obovate, 

 1 to IJ inches long. Flowers produced either singly or few in a cluster, 

 of varying shades of red, 2 inches across. Fruit globose, or slightly 

 elongated, red, half an inch wide. A native of Europe, Siberia, and 

 northern China ; cultivated in England for more than 300' years, but not, 

 as was once believed, a native. The flowers have a somewhat spicy odor, 

 from which the species derives its name. It is regarded as the type of a 

 large group of roses whose leading distinctions are prickles, often in 

 pairs just below the leafstalks, and red, smooth fruit, with a thin skin. 

 (Adapted from Bean, Trees and Shmbs Hardy in the British Isles, 

 vol 2, p. Jf23.) 



43713. Rosa coriifolia Fries. Rosacea. Rose. 



A low shrub, up to 5 feet high and thickly branched, with a bluish bloom 

 often appearing on the bark and many hooked spines. The leaves are 

 composed of five to seven roundish oval, hairy leaflets, and the flowers 

 are pink. This rose is found in mountainous parts of Europe and 

 western Asia. (Adapted from Schneider, Illustriertes Handbuch der 

 Lauiholzkunde, vol. 1, p. 566.) 



43714. Rosa ferox Bieb. Rosacese. Bose. 



A dwarf, compact little bush, from 1 to 2 feet high, of a rounded form, 

 with numerous decurved prickles. The leaves are composed of five to 

 seven leaflets, coarsely but evenly serrate, and the white flowers, which 

 are either solitary or in clusters of two or three, are from 1 to 1^ inches 

 long. The roundish fruit is red. This rose is a native of the Crimea 

 and Caucasus. (Adapted from Bean, Trees and Shruis Hardy in the 

 British Isles, vol. 2, p. }i26.) 



43715. Rosa gayiana Wall. Rosacese. Rose. 



A European rose closely allied to Rosa villosa L., from which it 

 appears to differ chiefly by its larger, oblong-ovate leaflets. The thorns 

 are straight and the flowers solitary. (Adapted from Walh'oth, Rosae 

 Plantariim Generis Historia Succincta, p. Ill, 1828.) 



43716. X Rosa hibernica J. E. Smith. Rosacese. Rose. 



Var. grovesU. 



A low shrub with glaucous gi-een foliage and small pink flowers. This 

 . rose is a hybrid between Rosa spinosissima and Rosa canina. (Adapted 

 - from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 5, p. 2995.) 



43717. Rosa jundziixi Besser. Rosacess. Rose. 

 A bush from 3 to 9 feet in heiglit, the stems armed with scattered, 



slightly curved prickles. The leaves are composed of five to seven 

 leaflets, densely serrate, and the pink flowers, which are produced singly 

 or in threes, are 3 inches wide. The globose or slightly egg-shaped fruit 

 is bright red. This rose is a native of central Europe and is remarkable 

 for the abundance of sticky glands on the midribs and petioles of the 

 leaves. (Adapted from Bean, Trees and ShruJ)s Hardy in the British 

 Isles, vol. 2, p. 431.) 



43718. Rosa lheeitieranea Thory. Rosacese. Rose. 

 This rose, supposed to be a hybrid between Rosa pendulina and Rosa 



chinensis, climbs to a height of 12 feet, and has slender, sparingly 

 prickly branches. The leaves are composed of three to seven leaflets, 



