94 SEEDS' AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



43810 to 43925— Continued. 



43907. Rosa prattii Hemsl. Rosacese. Hose. 



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-quarters of an inch wide. The scarlet fruit is about one-third 

 of an inch lonjr. This rose is a native of western China. (Adapted 

 from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 5, p. 2998.) 



The seetls of this plant were introduced under S. P. I. No. 4372.3. 



43908. X Rosa rl-bella .J. E. Smith. Rosacese. Rose. 



This is a hybrid between Rosa spinosissirmi and Rosa pendulina. It 

 has dark-green foliage, red flowers, and pendulous, oval-oblong, scarlet 

 fruits. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 

 5, p. 2995.) 



43909. Rosa rugosa X macrophtxla. Rosacese. Rose. 



This is apparently a hybrid of recent origin, from the Arnold Ar- 

 boretum. 



43910. Rosa satubata Baker. Rosacese. 



This rose from central China is a shrub about 8 feet in height, nearly 

 unarmed, with compound, sharply serrate leaves. The solitary flowers 

 are dark red with purplish anthers and are about 2 inches wide. The 

 nearly round fruit is coral red and three-quarters of an inch long. 

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

 p. 2998.) 



43911. Rosa satubata Baker. Rosaceae. Rose. 



" Wilson No. 316. A bush 3 to 7 feet tall with rose-red flowers and 

 coral-red fruits from thickets at Fanghsien, western Hupieh, at elevations 

 of 5,000 to 7.000 feet, July and September. .1907." 



See previous number, S. P. I. No. 43910, for description. 



43912. Rosa sebtata Rolfe. Rosacese. Rose. 

 A shrub of elegant habit, up to 5 or more feet in height. The flowers 



are purplish rose, and the fruit is bright red. (Adapted from Bean, 

 Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2. p. H3.) 

 See also S. P. I. No. 40193 for further description. 



43913. Rosa spinosissima L. Rosacese. Scotch, rose. 

 " Yellow." 



The seeds of this plant were introduced under S. P. I. No. 43724, 



43914. Rosa spinosissima hispida (Sims) Koehne. Rosacese. Rose. 

 This rose, which is probably a native of Siberia, has stems thickly 



covered with straight thorns and attains a height of 4 or 5 feet. The 

 leaves are compound and serrate, and the solitary flowers are pale 

 yellow. This rose is cultivated in England and is said to be perfectly 

 hardy. (Adapted from Curtis's Botanical Magazine, vol. 37, pi. 1510.) 



43915. Rosa sweginzowii Koehne. Rosacese. Rose. 

 A rose from western Szechwan, with deep pink flowers, growing to a 



height of 16 feet at altitudes of 2,300 to 3,600 meters. The stems are 

 covered with short, stout, flattened prickles. (Adapted from Sargent, 

 Plantae Wilsonianae, vol. 2, p. 32 Jf.) 



