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43703 to 43736— Continued. 



and the purple flowers, which are double or semidouble, occur very 

 plentifully in nodding corymbs. The color of the flowers varies with 

 lighter and darker shades. (Adapted from Bailey. Standard Cyclopedia 

 of Horticulture, vol. 5, p. 2993.) 



43719. Rosa moschata Mill. Rosacese. Musk rose. 



A tall climbing species reaching to the tops of lofty trees, the stems 

 and branches armed with short, scattered, stout-hooked prickles. The 

 leaves are up to 8 inches in length and consist of five to nine narrowly oval 

 leaflets. The flowers are at first pale yellow, changing to almost pure 

 white, are about IJ inches wide, and are produced in corymbose clusters, 

 often forming an inflorescence over a foot wide. The fruits are red and 

 about one-third of an inch in width. This rose, which has long been 

 cultivated in England, is found from southern Europe to northern India 

 and China. (Adapted from Bean. Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British 

 Isles, vol. 2, p. ^34-) 



43720. Rosa multiflora cathayensis Rehd. and Wils. Rosacege. Bose. 



A vigorous, hardy, and handsome rose with the habit of the Japanese 

 Rosa multi flora. The pink flowers are produced in large many -flowered 

 clusters. (Adapted from Sargent, Plantae Wilsonianae, vol. 1, p. 35.) 



See also S. P. I. No. 42981 for further information. 



43721. Ros V MUBiEXAE Rehd. and Wils. Rosacese. Bose. 

 A slender-branched shrub, up to 8 feet in height, with bristles and 



slender prickles. The leaves are composed of 9 to 1.5 glabrous, serrate 

 leaflets. The solitary flowers are pink. This rose is found in eastern 

 three to seven flowered corymbs. The orange-red fruit is from one-half 

 to three-fourths of an inch long. This rose is a native of southwestern 

 China. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, 

 vol. 5, p. 2998.) 



43722. Rosa oxyodon Boiss. Rosacese. Rose. 

 A prickly stemmed shrub with leaves composed of flve to seven oval 



leaflets. The solitary flowers are pink. This rose is found in eastern 

 Caucasia, Russia. (Adapted from Boissier, Flora Orientalis, vol. 2, p. 

 674.) 



43723. Rosa prattii Hemsl. Rosacese. Rose. 



A slender-branched shrub, up to 8 feet in height, with numerous 

 bristles and slender prickles. The leaves are composed of 7 to 1.5 obtuse, 

 serrate leaflets, and the pink flowers, which occur one to three in a 

 cluster, are three-fourths of an inch wide. The scarlet fruit is abcjut 

 one-third of an inch long. This rose is a native of western China. 

 (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 5, p. 

 2998. ) 



43724. Rosa spinosissima L. Rosacese. Scotch rose. 

 A dwarf bush, rarely more than 3 or 4 feet high, with erect short- 

 branched stems covered with slender spines and stout bristles inter- 

 mixed. The leaves are composed of five, seven, or nine round or oval 

 leaflets, which are dark green and quite smooth. The white or pale- 

 pink solitary flowers are from 14 to 2 inches wide, and the globose fruit 

 is dark brown, finally blackish, from one-half to three-fourths of an inch 



