THE 



FLORICULTURAL CABINET, 



SEPTEMBER 1st, 1841. 



PART I. 



EMBELLISHMENTS. 



ARTICLE I. 



ROSA DEVONIENSIS. 

 Rosbace;e. Icosandria Polygtnia. 



The Rose has deservedly been celebrated in nearly every age, for its 

 beauty, its fragrance, and its form. It was in high repute with the 

 Greeks and Romans, and is now the favourite flower among eastern 

 nations. All that the ancients did with the Rose, however, is no- 

 thing compared with what has lately been effected by European culti- 

 vators, and more especially by British nurserymen. We allude to 

 the numerous hybrid varieties that have been raised by them. Some 

 kinds which, about twenty years ago, were considered tender, and 

 were grown only in the greenhouse, &c, have been impregnated with 

 hardy ones, and the production from time to time has been an addi- 

 tion to our hardy varieties. 



Among the immense number of the class to which the Rosa Devo- 

 niensis belongs, it certainly ranks the highest, and it is said to be 

 one of the finest Roses ever introduced. The flowers are not only of 

 a large size, but are very double. The petals are cupped, the outer 

 or guard ones being of a fine bold camellia-like texture. The flower 

 is deliciously fragrant. The plant is of excellent habit, being of a 

 free and vigorous growth, with beautiful thick, glossy, dark green 

 foliage. It is also quite hardy, and partakes equally of the properties 

 of the Noisette and Odorata classes. The stock, which is now offered 

 to the public, was solely in the possession of Messrs. Lucombe, Pince, 

 and Co., nurserymen, Exeter. It certainly deserves to be grown by 

 every admirer of this lovely tribe of flowers. 



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