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720SA* multiflora; u«r. platyphylla. 



The Seven Sisters"^ Rose. 



ICOSANDRIA rOLYGYNIA. 



Nat. ord, RosacEj«e Juss. (^Introduction to the natural system, p. 81.) 

 ROSA.—Suprd, vol. l.fol. 46. 



Div. SystylcE. Styli in columnam elongatam cohaerentes. Stipulae 

 adnatse. 

 R. multiflora ; ramulis pedunculis calycibusque tomentosis, foliolis moUibus 



lanceolatis rugosis, stipulis pectinatis. — Rosarum monogr. 119, 

 R. multiflora. Supr(t,foL 425, cum synonymis. 

 /i. platyphylla ; major; floribus versicoloribus. 

 R. Grevillei. Hort. Angl. 

 R. multiflora platyphylla. Red. ros. 2. p. 69. Dec. prodr. 2. 



This, the most beautiful of all the climbing roses of our 

 Gardens, is a native of China, whence it was introduced 

 some time between 1815 and 1817. For a long period 

 it did not flower, and little importance was attached to it. 

 Since its splendid blossoms have been produced, it has 

 most deservedly become a general favourite. Neverthe- 

 less, it is not so common as might have been expected ; 

 many Gardens, exceedingly choice in the selection of the 

 plants they contain, being without it. This circumstance 

 is probably to be explained by the young shoots being 

 tender and liable to be destroyed by frost, in which case 

 no flowers are produced, the blossoms being always formed 

 upon the twigs of strong two years' old wood. Great care 

 should, therefore, be taken to protect the shoots by mats 

 or straw during the winter. 



Our drawing was made from a plant growing upon a 



* This name is said to be derived from the Celtic rhod or rhudd, signi- 

 fying red. 



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