THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
flexed, pinnate; styles free or nearly so, hirsute. June to 
August. fr. ovoid, urceolate, or sub-globose, the mouth of the 
disk conspicuous. l., leaflets eglandular (rarely, except on the 
midrib and veins beneath), glabrous or thinly hairy, acute, very 
sharply toothed. Branches long, arching. h. 6ft. to 8ft. Europe 
(Britain), Orient. “ Varieties innumerable: 150 are treated as 
species in Déséglise’s ‘Catalogue of the Roses of Europe and Asia.’ 
One series of forms has erect, sub-persistent sepals, and another 
leaves slightly glandular beneath” (Baker). See Fig. 386. - 
R. carolina (Carolina). Swamp Rose. fl. pink, numerous, corym- 
bose; calyx with leaf-like appendages; and, as well as the 
peduncles, glandular-bristly. June tó September. fr. — 
globular,. somewhat bristly. l., leaflets five to nine, elliptical, 
_ often acute, dull above, pale beneath ; stipules narrow. Stems 
4ft. to 7ft. high, armed with stout, hooked prickles, not bristly. 
x North America, 1726. (L. R. 4.) 
os R. centifolia (hundred-leaved).* Cabbage Rose. Jl. rose-purple, 
large; sepals spreading; petals inflexed ; peduncles 
and calyx glandular-viscous, June and July. jr. ovate, some- 
what pulpy, fragrant. l, leaflets five to seven, ovate, flat, simply 
serrated, glandular on the margins, rather flaccid, slightly pilose 
beneath. Prickles scattered, nearly straight, scarcely dilated at 
base. h. 3ft. to 6ft. Orient, 1596. This species and its varieties 
have given rise to innumerable handsome garden Roses. 
odorous, 
Fig. 387. ROSA CENTIFOLIA MUSCOSA. 
R. c. muscosa (mossy).* Moss Rose. jl. rose or white: petal: 
inflexed ; — and calyx — Bam a a Es Pee 98 leaflets —— 
flat, gamp y serrated. Prickles unequal, , numerous. See 
R. c. parviflora (small-flowered). fl. purple, smaller than in 
the type, soli , very double, overtop s by the young shoots ; 
sepals ovate, pointed. l., leaflets small, stiff, ovate, acute, flat 
very finely and simply toothed. ng 
R. c. pomponia (Pompone). Pompone Rose. A dwarf form, 
having small flowers and leaves. See Fig. 388. 
R. cinnamomea (Cinnamon-like). jl. pale or bright red, solitary 
or two or three together; sepals very narrow, longer than the 
concave, obcordate petals. May. jr. red, globose or spherical- 
ovate. l, leaflets five to seven, oval-oblong, simply serrated, 
cinereous-pubescent beneath ; stipules of the sterile branches 
linear-oblong, those of the flowering branches dilated above, 
with spreading auricles. Prickles twin, falcate, the larger ones 
subulate, the smaller ones bristly and not glandular. h. 6ft. 
Europe and North Asia. 
c. dahurica (Dahurian). This resembles the type, but the 
— are narrow, and the prickles long and spreading. 
c. (May). Prickles of the flowering bra £ i 
* hl g branches solitary, 
R. damascena (Damascus).* Damask Rose. fl. white or red, 
large, more or less — — sweet-smelling ; calyx, as well as 
a the peduncles, glandular-hispid, viscous ; sepals reflexed. June 
and July. fr. ovate, pulpy. Z., leaflets five to seven, ovate, 
rather rigid, oblong in bud. Prickles numerous, unequal, dilated 
towards the base. h. 2ft. to 4f i 
leiert r penda meae e t. Orient, 1573. A parent of many 
(variegated). fl. densely paniculate-corymbose. 
LS flets hat 
, leaflets somew round-ovate. ` : 
bescent on the margins, ate, variegated with yellow, pu. 
Rosa—continued. 
R. Ecæ (Mrs. Eca Aitchison’s). fl. golden, py less than lin. 
in diameter. Summer. fr. globose, glabrous, shining, crowned 
by the refiexed calyx segments. J. small; leaflets five to nine, 
slightly glandular. Afghanistan. A much-branched, dwarf, very 
prickly shrub. 
(J. L. S. xix. 8.) 
FIG. 388. ROSA CENTIFOLIA POMPONIA. 
R. Eglanteria (Eglantine), of Linnzus. 
R. Eglanteria (Eglantine), of Miller. 
ginosa. 
R. ferox (fierce). A. terminal, aggregate in twos or threes, rarely 
solitary ; sepals pinnatifid, at length deflexed, deciduous ; petals 
white, yellowish at base; peduncles short, glandular-hispid. 
June. fr. blood-coloured, naked, sub-globose. a leaflets five to 
seven, ovate or roundish-ovate, glandularly biserrate, nearly 
glabrous fabove, copiously glandular beneath. Branches erect ; 
prickles thick, very unequal, dilated at base, hooked. North 
Asia. Plant dwarf and much-branched. 
R. ferox (fierce), of Lawrence. A synonym of R. rugosa. 
A synonym of R. lutea. 
A synonym of R. rubi- 
FIG. 389. ROSA GALLICA VAR. 
R. Fortuneana (Fortune’s). A. white, double, about Zin. in 
diameter, solitary, on short, brist]: uncles ; sepals ovate, un- 
divided ; petals loosely and irre; ina y ee * l., leaf- 
lets three to five, ovate-lanceolate, finely serrated, thin, bright 
een, shining on both sides ; stipules small, subulate, deciduous. 
ranches slender, sparingly armed with small, falcate prickles. 
China, 1846. A scrambling, hybrid shrub, of which R. indica is 
one of the parents, 
R. fraxinifolia (Ash-leaved). A synonym of R. blanda. 
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