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and its native country is still unknown. The earliest 
information we have of it is from Clusius, who was first 
acquainted with its existence from the inspection of 
little, artificial, paper gardens, ornamented with shrubs 
of different sorts, among which were double yellow 
Roses. These, he ascertained, were brought from Con- 
stantinople, and by means of some of his numerous 
correspondents he quickly procured living plants, which 
were probably the parents of those cultivated at this 
day. Linnzeus must have been unacquainted with this 
when he thought the yellow Rose the same as the 
Sweet Briar. 
Considerable difficulty is always experienced in 
making this expand or even produce its magnificent 
blossoms. I am informed by Sir Joseph Banks that he 
has had it growing and flowering with the greatest 
‘luxuriance when planted in the soil of a marsh. The 
fine specimen from which Sydenham Edwards's excel- 
lent figure in the Register was taken, came from Ox- 
fordshire; and in such perfection was it, that a bud 
was taken to one of the theatres by a lady and it opened 
in her bosom in the course of the evening. 
29. ROSA lutescens. Tab. 9. 
R. armis ramorum confertissimis ineequalibus gracilibus 
reflexis, ramulorum minimis subsequalibus, foliolis 
planis impubibus simpliciter serratis. 
R. hispida Curt. mag. ¢. 1570. (mala). 
R. lutescens Pursh. am. septr. vol. 2. in suppl. 
Hab. verosimiliter in Sibiria (v. v. ¢.) 
A tall, stout, dark shrub. Branches erect, nearly 
straight, dull brown, defended by innumerable very 
