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large, 3 — 5, ovate ; slip, narrow, acuminate ; /7.s-. corymbose ; cal. glandular, seg- 

 ments subentirc ; sty. united; /"/-.globose. — This splendid species is a native of 

 Michigan, and other States W ! and S. About 'JO varieties are enumerated in 

 cultivation. They are hardy, ol" rapid growth, and capable of being traiaed 

 12 — 201". Flowers in very large clusters, changeable in hue, nearly .scentless, 

 and of short duration. 



* * Naturalized apecies. 



6. R. RUBiGiNosA. (R. suaveolens. Ph.) Eglantine. Sweet Drier. 



St. glabrous, armed with very strong, recurved prickles ; Ifts. 5 — 7, broad- 

 oval, with ferruginous glands beneath; Jts. mostly solitary; fr. ovoid, oval or 

 obovoid; pc//. glandular-hispid. — A stout, prickly shrub, 4-— lOf high, natural- 

 ized in fields and road-sides, throughout the U. S. The older stems are bushy, 

 much branched, 1' diam., the younger shoots nearly simple, declined at top. 

 Leaflets i — V long, f as wide, unequally and sharply .serrate, acute, bright green 

 above, rusty beneath, and when rubbed, very fragrant. Flowers light red, 1 — 

 2' diam., fragrant. Fruit orange-red. Jn. — Of this beautiful species there are 

 about 2b cultivated varieties, single and double. 



7. R. ciNNAMOMEA. Cinnamon Rose. 



St. tall, with a.scending branches; spines of the younger stems numerous, 

 scattered, of the branches few, larger, stipular; Ifts. & — 7, oval-oblong, rugose, 

 cinerous-pubescent beneath ; slip, undulate ; sep. entire, as long as the petals ; 

 //•. smooth, globose. — Native of Oregon. Stem 5 — 12f high, with reddish bark. 

 Flowers mostly double, purple. 



* ♦ * Exotic species, f Pricbes straight, mostly acerose. 



8. R. GALLiCA. Common French Rose. — (S^. and pc/wfes armed with numerous, 

 fine, scattered prickles; Ifts. mostly 5, elliptical or broad-oval, thick; fls. erect; 

 pet. 5 or more, large, spreading; sep. ovate; fr. ovoid, and with the ped., hispid. 

 — The common red rose of gardens, from which have originated not less than 

 200 varieties, known in cultivation, and registered in catalogues, as the velvet, 

 carmine, carnation, &c. Many of them are beautifully variegated, as the tri- 

 color and picotee. The dried petals are used in medicine, and from them are ex- 

 tracted tinctures for cookery. Jn. Jl. 



9. R. piMPiNELLiFOLiA. Scr. (R. spinosissima. Linn.) Scotch or Burnet 

 Rose. — St. densely armed with straight, acerose prickles : Ifts. 5 — 9, roundish, 

 obtuse, smooth, simply serrate ; Jls. small, usually roseate, but changing in the 

 numerous varieties to white, red or yellow. — Nativ.e of Scotland and other parts 

 of Europe, These shrubs are but 2 — 3f high, with small, delicate leaflets. 

 Flowers numerous, globular, very fine. May, Jn. 



10. R. EGLANTERiA. Scr. (R. lutca. Mill.) Yellojr Rose. Austrian Eglantine. 

 — St. with a cinerous bark, branches red, both armed with straight, slender, 

 scattered prickles ; Ifts. 5 — 7, small, broad-oval or obovate, smooth, shining 

 above, sharply .serrate ; cal. nearly naked and entire ; _/?c/. large, broad-obcor- 

 date. — From Germany. Shrub about 3f high, bushy. FloAvers numerous, of 

 a golden-yellow, very fugacious, of less agreeable fragrance than the leaves. 

 There are many varieties, both single and double, variegated with red. Jn. 



11. R. ALPiNA. Alpine or Boursault Rose. — Younger shoots echinate with nu- 

 merous weak prickles, older ones smooth, rarely armed with strong prickles ; 

 Ifts. 5 — 11, ovate or obovate, sharply and often doubly serrate; slip, narrow, 

 apex diverging; ped. deflexed after flowering, and with the calyx hispid or 

 smooth; sep. entire, spreading; //•. ovoid, pendulous, crowned with the conni- 

 vent calyx. — Hardy, vigorous, climbing, with pink, red or crimson flowers. 



* * * Exotic .species, f f Prickles falcate, strong. 



12. R. DAMASCENA. Damosk Rose. — St. branching and bushy, armed with un- 

 equal spines, mostly stipular, cauline ones broad, falcate or hooked; Ifts. large, 

 broadly elliptical, downy-canescent; sep. reflexed; fr. ovoid, elongated. — Native 

 of the Levant. Shrub 3 — 'If high. Flowers rather numerous, of a delicate, 

 pale roseate hue, usually with very numerous petals, and a delicious fragrance. 

 Among its numerous varieties is the common monthly, low, blooming at all 

 seasons. 



