750 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. — PART III. 
near Tunbridge Wells. The best collection of roses in England is, however, 
unquestionably, that of Messrs. Rivers and Son at Sawbridgeworth ; and the 
best in France, that of the private garden of the Luxembourg Palace. This 
garden has long been under the management of Mr. Hardy, who has always 
been an assiduous collector of roses from all countries, and who has raised a 
great many new sorts from seed. In this garden there are some of, perhaps, 
the largest standard roses in the world, many of which have stems 4 ft. or 5 ft. 
high, and as thick as a stout man’s leg. (See Gard. Mag., ii. p. 215., and 
Xil. p. 225.) 
§ i. Feroces Lindl. Mon., p. 3. 
Derivation. From ferox, fierce; in reference to the branches being thickly beset with prickles. 
Sect. Char. Branches clothed with permanent tomentum. Fruit naked. The 
plants contained in this section are a truly natural group; they are low 
shrubs, losing their leaves early in autumn, and are then remarkable for 
their hoary branches, bristles, and numerous prickles. Their fruit is per- 
fectly smooth, which separates them from the next section, in which the 
fruit is downy. Sepals usually toothed. (Don’s Mill., ii. p. 565.) 
2 1, R. re‘rox Lawr. The fiercely-prickled Rose. 
Identification. Lawr. Ros., t. 42. ; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 565. 
Synonymes. R&R. kamtschatica Red. Ros., 1. p.47.; R. kamschatica 
@ férox Ser. in Dec. Prod., 2. p. 607.; R. echinata Dupont. 
Engravings. Lawr. Ros., t. 42.; Red. Ros., 1. p. 47. t. 12.5 and 
our fig. 471. 
Spec. Char., §&c. Prickles all alike in shape, and 
much crowded. Flowers large, red. Fruit glo- 
bose, scarlet. (Don’s Mill., ii. p. 565.) A shrub, 
a native of Caucasus, introduced in 1796, grow- 
ing to the height of 3 ft. or 4ft., and flowering 
in July and August. A singular shrub, and on 
that account deserving a place in collections. 
Variety. 
% R. f. 2 nitens Lindl. in Bot. Reg., t. 824., 
Ser. in Dec. Prod., ii. p. 607, has shining 
pale green glabrous leaves, and pale crimson flowers. 

% 2, R. (¥.) KamTscuHaA’TICA Vent. The Kamtschatka Rose. 
Identification. Vent. Cels., t. 67. ; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 565. 
Tngravines. Vent. Cels., t. 67.; N. Du Ham., vol. 7. t. 10. f. 2.; and our 
Jig. 472. 
Spec. Char., &c. Prickles infra-stipular, falcate, large. Leaves opaque. 
Flowers solitary, deep red. Fruit spherical, scarlet, less than that of R. 
férox. (Don’s Mill., ii. p. 565.) Native of Kamtschatka, in dry rocky 
places. Introduced in 1791; growing to the height of 3 ft. or 4ft., and 
flowering in June and July. From the appearance of the plants bearing 
this name in the extensive collection in Messrs. Loddiges’s arboretum, we 
should consider it to be only a variety of R. férox. It is, however, very 
distinct, and well deserving a place in collections. 

§ ii. Bractedte. 
Sect. Char. Branches and fruit clothed with permanent tomentum. This sec- 
. tion is readily distinguished from the last by the woolliness of the fruit. 
Leaves dense, usually shining, and prickles placed under the stipules in 
pairs. Sepals simple, or nearly so. (Don’s Mill., ii. p.565.) 
# 3. R. BracTEA‘TA Wendl. The large-bracted Rose. 
Identification. Wendl. Obs., 50. ; Hort. Herrenhaus., fasc. 4. p. 7. t.22.; Red. Ros.,1. p. 35., ic. ; 
Lindl. Ros. Mon., p. 10.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 602. ; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 565. 
Synonyme. Lord Macartney’s Rose. 
Engravings. Wendl. Hort. Herrenhaus., fasc. 4, t.22.; Red. Ros., 1. p. 35.,ic.; Vent. Cels., 28. ; 
N. Du Ham., 7. t. 13.; and our jig. 473. 
Spec. Char., §c. Evergreen. Branches upright, tomentose. Prickles’ 
stout, recurved, in many instances in pairs. Leaflets 5—9, obovate, sub- 
serrate, coriaceous, glossy, glabrous. Stipules scarcely attached to the 
petiole, bristle-shaped, but fringed. Flowers solitary, terminal, white, 
