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R(JSA sinica. 

 Three-leaved China Rose. 



ICOSANDRIA POLYGYRIA. 



Nat. ord. Rosace^e. 



ROSA. Suprii, vol. l.fol. 53. 



R. sinica ; stipulis setaceis deciduis, petiolis costaque aculeatis, fructibus muri- 



catis. Lindl. Monoc/r. Ros. p. 126. t. 16. 

 R. sinica. Aiton. Hort. Kew. ed. ult. 3. 261 . non Linn. 

 R. trifoliata. Bosc. 

 R. ternata. Poiret. 

 R. cherokeensis. Donn. 



R. nivea. De Cund. Hort. Monsp. 137. Prodr. 2. 599. 

 R. hystrix. Lindl. Monogr. 129. t. \1 . 

 R. laevigata. Michaux Fl. Bor. am. 1 . 295. 



A very common climbing Rose in the gardens of Italy 

 and the South of" France, where it is highly ornamental, from 

 the profusion of its snow-white flowers, and the handsome 

 shining appearance of its evergreen leaves. 



It is less suited to this climate, in consequence of being 

 rather tender; I have seen it however in great beauty trained 

 to a south wall : and it was from a similar situation, in the 

 Nursery of Messrs. Whitley and Osborn of Fulham, that the 

 specimen now figured was obtained in May 1835. 



It is a native of China, where it appears to be the com- 

 mon Dog Rose of the country. Now that the races of culti- 

 vated Roses have become so much improved by hybrid 

 intermixture, it is well worth ascertaining how far this is 

 suited to alter the foliage and size of blossoms of some of 



