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Rosa—continued. 
Hybrid Tea Roses, 
BEAUTY OF STAPLEFORD, pink-rose, shaded centre; large. BED- 
FORD BELLE, blush-white, tinted rose. CHESHUNT HYBRID, 
cherry-carmine, large and full ; a good pillar Rose. COUNTESS OF 
PEMBROKE, satin-rose, highly perfumed; fine form. HON. 
GEORGE BANCROFT, bright rosy-crimson, shaded purple, very 
large. LADY MARY FITZWILLIAM, delicate flesh-colour, very 
large, globular ; a grand variety. NANCY LEE, soft rose, sweetly 
scented, buds long; very free-flowering. PEARL, flesh-white, 
flowers small, but of perfect form. VISCOUNTESS FALMOUTH, 
delicate pinkish-rose ; back of petals bright pink ; highly scented. 
VISCOUNTESS FOLKESTONE (Bennett), creamy-pink, centre deep 
salmon-pink ; 8 and very fragrant; new. W. F. BENNETT, 
bright crimson, described as being like a crimson NIPHETOS ; a 
valuable new variety. YE PRIMROSE DAME (Bennett), prim- 
rose-yellow, centre apricot ; full, and of good form; new. 
Noisette Roses, 
AIMEE VIBERT, pure white ; small, full, in large clusters. CARO- 
LINE KUSTER, Role yellow; large and globular form. CELINE 
FORESTIER, yellow, with a deep yellow centre, of medium 
size ; free-flowering ; opens well out-of-doors. CLOTH OF GOLD, 
deep yellow, sulphur edges, large and fine; a shy blossomer, 
requiring a warm south wall. JAUNE DESPREZ, buff yellow; of 
robust habit. LAMARQUE, white, lemon centre ; a first-class Rose 
for any purpose. MARECHAL NIEL, beautiful deep yellow; very 
large, full and globular form, very sweet-scented ; undoubtedly 
one of the finest yellow Roses ever introduced. OPHIRIE, 
coppery-yellow, medium size, full; a fine climbing Rose. RÊVE 
D’OR, deep yellow, medium size; makes a good pillar or climbing 
SOLFATERRE, bright sulphur, large and full. TRIOMPHE 
DE RENNES, canary-colour ; large, double, fine form, WILLIAM 
ALLEN RICHARDSON, deep orange-yellow, small, showy, and 
distinct ; a good climbing Rose. 
Provence Roses (R. centifolia). 
CABBAGE or COMMON, rosy-pink, large and fragrant. CRESTED or 
CRISTATA, rose, pale edges; large and beautiful. WHITE or 
UNIQUE, paper-white ; large and fine. 
Miniature Provence or Pompon Roses (R. centifolia 
pomponia). 
BURGUNDY, pale purplish-pink ; very dwarf and small. DE MEAUX 
or POMPON, rosy-lilac, very small. SPONG, rosy-lilac, dwarf ; a 
somewhat larger fiower than DE MEAUX. WHITE BURGUNDY, 
white, slightly tinted ; dwarf. 
Moss Roses (R. centifolia muscosa). 
BARON DE WASSENAËR, light crimson ; vigorous, flowers in clusters. 
COMMON or OLD, pale rose, moderate, fragrant. COMTESSE DE 
MUuRINAIS, white, large and double; very free. GLOIRE DES 
MOUSSEUSES, rosy-blush ; one of the largest. LANEI, rosy-crimson, 
large and double. LITTLE GEM, crimson; a miniature variety, 
very small and double, beautifully mossed. MADAME EDWARD 
— rosy-carmine, vigorous. WHITE BATH, white, beautiful in 
ud. 
French Roses (R. gallica). 
BOULA DE NANTEUIL, crimson-purple, very large. D’AGUESSEAU, 
‘bright crimson, large. GLOIRE DE COLMAR, rich velvety-crimson, 
fine. KEAN, rich purple, crimson centre: vigorous. NAPOLEON, 
deep rose, shaded purple; vigorous. (EILLET PARFAIT, blush- 
white, striped crimson; very double. * 
Damask Roses (R. damascena). 
La VILLE DE BRUXELLES, rose, large and fine. MADAME HARDY, 
pure white ; vigorous. MADAME ZOUTMAN, creamy-white, shaded 
pik large. Pokk AND LANCASTER, white and red, striped ; a 
eautiful, old-fashioned, vigorous border Rose. 
Hybrid Bour Hybrid China, and Hybrid Noisette 
—— — (R. indica hybrida). 
BLAIRII, No. 2, blush, with rose centre, large. CHARLES LAWSON, 
vivid rose, very large and double ; fine. CHENEDOLK, bright red ; 
good for pillars. COUPE D'HÉBÉ, rich deep pink, large and 
double ; vigorous. FULGENS, fine crimson; vigorous. MADAME 
PLANTIER, pure white; very vigorous and free-flowering. PAUL 
RICAUT, rosy-crimson ; very free. PAUL VERDIER, carmine-red, 
vigorous. VIVID, rich crimson; fine. 
Bourbon Rose, 
SOUVENIR DE LA MALMAISON, blush-white, shaded flesh-colour, 
large and full; flowers best in autumn. 
Austrian Briar Roses (R. lutea). 
AUSTRIAN COPPER, coppery-red, single. AUSTRIAN YELLOW, 
yellow, single. HARRISONII, golden-yellow ; very free and good. 
PERSIAN YELLOW, deep golden-yellow, vigorous. 
Ayrshire Roses (R. repens hybrida). 
BENNET?’S SEEDLING or THORESBYANA, pure white; vigorous; 
fiowers in clusters. DUNDEE RAMBLER, white, tinged with pink. 
RuGa, pale flesh, semi-double, very fragrant. SPLENDENS or 
MYRRH-SCENTED, flesh-colour. 
Rosa—continued. 
Boursault Roses (R. alpina.) 
AMADIS or CRIMSON, purplish-crimson. GRACILIS, bright pink. 
SPLENDENS, rosy-blush. Vigorous-growing climbing Roses. 
Evergreen Roses (R. sempervirens). 
FÉLICITÉ PERPETUELLE, creamy-white ; flowers borne in clusters in 
the greatest profusion. FLORA, bright rose; full and exceed- 
ingly fine. RINCESS MARIE, deep reddish-pink. Good pillar 
= that retain their foliage rodek a great part of the 
winter. 
Banksian Roses (R. Banksiæ). 
ALBA or WHITE, pure white, small, and very double, Violet-scented. 
LUTEA or YELLOW, yellow, very double. These are half-hardy, 
sub-evergreen Roses, that require a warm wall, and need but 
little pruning. 
ROSACEÆ. A large natural order of erect or 
prostrate, very rarely climbing, sometimes sarmentose 
herbs, shrubs, or trees, widely distributed. Flowers 
usually regular and hermaphrodite; calyx free or adnate 
to the ovary; tube short or elongated, narrowed or 
widened; limb equal (or in Chrysobalaneew often un- 
equal), usually five-lobed, imbricated and persistent, rarely 
of four lobes or none; petals inserted below the margin 
of the disk, as many as the calyx lobes, rarely none, equal 
- (or in Chrysobalanee unequal), obovate, oblong, rounded, 
or spathulate, usually exunguiculate, imbricated, de- 
ciduous ; stamens usually indefinite, two to many-seriate, 
in a few species definite or reduced to one or two; 
filaments subulate or filiform, incurved in æstivation ; 
anthers small, very rarely elongated; gynzcious carpels 
one or many, one or many-seriate. Fruit variable, supe- 
rior or more or less inferior, naked or included within 
the persistent calyx tube; inflorescence variable. Leaves 
variable, simple or compound, alternate or rarely oppo- 
site, sometimes glandularly serrate ; stipules two, free or 
adnate to the petiole, rarely absent; petioles often dilated 
at base, and biglandular at the apex. Rosacew is one 
of the most important orders from a garden standpoint. 
It is split up, by the authors of the “ Genera Plan- 
tarum,” into ten tribes—Chrysobalanew, Neuwradew, Pomee, 
Potentillee, Poteriew, Prunew, Quillajew, Rosew, Rubew, 
and Spirwew—several of which are regarded, by some other 
writers, as distinct orders. The principal fruits yielded 
by members of this order are: Almond, Apple, Apricot, 
` Blackberry, Cherry, Medlar, Nectarine, Peach, Pear, Plum, 
Quince, Raspberry, Service Berry, and Strawberry. In 
addition to these, many beautiful flowering plants are 
included in Rosacew, the Rose, of course, taking front 
rank. Rose-water is obtained, by distillation, from the 
petals of Rosa centifolia, R. damascena, R. moschata, &e., ` 
as is also the Attar of Roses used in perfumery, by 
maceration in oil of sesamum. Chrysobalanus Icaco fur- 
nishes the Cocoa Plum of the West Indies, Parinarium 
excelsum the Grey or Rough-skin Plum, and P. macro- 
phyllum the Gingerbread Plum. The bark of Moquilid 
utilis, the Pottery-tree of the Amazons, contains such a 
large amount of silica, that, when powdered and mixed 
with clay, it is employed in making pottery by the 
natives of Para. ‘The order comprises, according to 
Bentham and Hooker, about. seventy-one genera and 
1000 species; but some authors place the number of 
the latter as high as 1500. Characteristic genera: 
Chrysobalanus, Crategus, Potentilla, Pyrus, Rosa, Rubus, 
Spirea. 
ROSACEOUS. Arranged like the five petals of a 
single rose. The term is sometimes used for rose-colour. 
ROSANOVIA. Included under Sinningia (which 
see). 
ROSCHERIA (no doubt commemorative, but name 
not explained by its author). ORD. Palme. A mono- 
typic genus. The species is a slender, erect, stove palm, 
with many aérial roots. It requires cultivation similar 
to that recommended for Phenix (which see). 
R. melanocheetes (black-spined). fl. in two-flowered clusters, 
spirally arranged on very slender branches of a compoundly 
