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in diameter. This rose is veiy widely spread in Europe and northern 

 Asia and is frequently found in England on dry hills near the sea. 

 (Adapted from Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy m the British Isles, vol. 

 2, p. U5.) 



43725. Rosa spinosissima L. Rosacese. Scotch rose. 

 Var, fulgens Bean. 



A dwarf bush, from 3 to 4 feet high, with erect short-branched stems. 

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

 which are dark green and quite smooth. The bright rose-colored solitary 

 flowers are from li to 2 inches wide, and the globose fruit is dark brown, 

 finally blackish. This rose is widely spread in Europe and northern Asia. 

 The typical species has white or pale-pink flowers. (Adapted from 

 Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, pp. 445, 446.) 



43726. Rosa villosa L. Rosacete. Rose. 

 {R. pomifera Herrmann.) 



Var. multiplex. 



A short-branched, stout rose from 4 to 6 feet high, with scattered, 

 slender, broad-based prickles up to half an inch long and leaves up to 

 7 inches in length. The deep rosy pink flowers are from 1^ to 2i inches 

 wide, produced in clusters of three to six or more, and the pear- 

 shaped or roundish rich-red fruits are from 1 to IJ inches long, bristly, 

 and surmounted by the erect sepals. This rose is a native of central 

 Europe. (Adapted from Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy vn the British 

 Isles, vol^ 2, p. 439.) 



43727. SoEBAEiA ARBOEEA C. Schueid. Rosacese. 



A tree, from 10 to 35 feet high, with the young twigs olive gray. The 

 leaves are lance shaped or more often oblong, with the lower surfaces more 

 or less hairy and the margin serrate. The white flowers are about one- 

 fourth of an inch wide, and the fruit is probably one-sixteenth of an inch 

 in diameter. (Adapted from Schneider, Illustriertes Eandbuch der Laub- 

 holzkunde, vol. 1, p. 4^0, and from Sargent. Plantae WHsonianae, vol. 1, 

 pp. 4T, 48.) 



43728w SoRBus commixta Hedl. Malacess. 



A shrub or tree, native of central and northern Japan, with bright- 

 green, serrate, very variable leaves, usually composed of five to six 

 pairs of glabrous leaflets. The white flowers occur in terminal corymbs, 

 and the bright red, nearly globular fruits are about one-fourth of an inch 

 in diameter. (Adapted from Schneider, lUustriertes Handbuch der Laub- 

 holzkunde, vol. 1, pp. 677, 678.) 



43729. Syringa japonica (Maxim.) Decaisne. Oleacese. Lilac. 



A deciduous tree or shrub up to 30 feet in height, of erect habit. The 

 oval leaves are from 3 to 8 inches long, with a long tapering point, and 

 the white flowers, which are not fragrant, are usually produced at the end 

 of the branch in a pair of broad pyramidal panicles, 8 to 12 inches long. 

 This tree or shrub is a native of Japan. (Adapted from Bean, Trees and 

 Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, lip. 567, 568.) 



