14 PAESONS ON THE ROSE. 



double yellow rose * was first procured to be brought to 

 England by Master Nicholas Lete, a worthy merchant of 

 London, and a great lover of flowers, from Constantino- 

 ple, which (as we hear) was first brought thither from 

 Syria, but perished quickly, both with him, and with all 

 others to whom he imparted it ; yet afterward it was 

 sent to Master John de Frangueville, a merchant of Lon- 

 don, and a great lover of all rose plants, as well as flow- 

 ers, from which is sprung the greatest store that is now 

 flourishing in this kingdom.' " 



R, spinosissima^X. — The Most Spixy, or Scotch Rose. 

 — Prickles unequal. Leaflets flat, glabrous, simply ser- 

 rated. A dwarf, compact bush, with creeping suckers. 

 Flowers small, solitary, white or blush-colored. Fruit 

 ovate, or nearly round, black or dark purple. Native of 

 Europe ; plentiful in Britain. Shrub, one foot to two feet 

 high ; flowering in May and June. 



Varieties. A great many varieties of this rose have been 

 raised, with flowers double, semi-double, white, purple, 

 red, and even yellow. The first double variety was found 

 in a wild state, in the neighborhood of Perth. 



CENTIFOLIiE. — Hundred-leaved Roses. 



Shrubs, all bearing bristles aiid prickles. Peduncles 

 bracteate. Leaflets oblong or ovate, wrinkled. Disk 

 thickened, closing the throat. Sepals compound. This 

 division comprises the portion of the genus Rosa which 

 has most particularly interested the lover of flowers. It 

 is probable that the earliest roses of which there are any 

 records of being cultivated, belonged to this section ; but 

 to which particular species those of Cyrene or Mount 

 Panga are to be referred, it is now too late to inquire. 

 The attar of Roses, which is an important article of com- 

 merce, is either obtained from roses belonging to this di- . 

 vision indiscriminately, as in the manufactory at Florence, 

 conducted by a convent of friars ; or from some particu- 



