284 ON THE ROSE. 



was of opinion, that the hundred-leaved rose had no grace in a 

 garland either for smell or beauty, and therefore shoidd not be 

 used in chaplets. Loureiro mentions it as a native of China ; but 

 Theophrastus and Pliny, clearly prove it to be an European tree. 

 Aiton does not notice the native place of this rose, and it is also 

 omitted in Le Bon Jordainier, of Paris, down to the present time. 

 The able compiler of the Hortus Kewensis, tells us from Gerard, 

 that it was cultivated in our gardens in 1596. This appears to be 

 an error, as Gerard in the original edition only notices this rose 

 from the ancients ; Martyn has fallen into the same mistake in his 

 admirable edition of Miller. 



We are not therefore able to discover at what time this rose 

 was introduced, as it is not mentioned by Parkinson, in his Garden 

 of Pleasant Flowers, of 1629; nor does it appear in his Theatre 

 of plants of 1640. 



THE CINNAMON OR MAY ROSE— Rosa Cinnamoma. 



This agreeably perfumed rose, which opens its small blossoms 

 in our gardens about the end of May, is a native of Nice in Italy, 

 and has been common in our pleasure-grounds for many ages, as 

 Gerard tells us, in 1597, that it was then cultivated in this coun- 

 try, both in its single and double state. 



This rose loves a dry sod and sunny situation, and deserves a 

 more frequent place in the shrubbery than modern plantations al- 

 lows it, as its flowers appear a month before the common roses, 

 and the bush grows tall enough to fill a middle situation amongst 

 shrubs, where its smooth plum-coloured branches have good ef- 

 fect. 



It is a favourite with our fair, as it may be worn in the bosom 

 longer than any other rose, without fading, whilst its diminutive 

 size, and red colour, together with a pleasant perfume, adapt it 

 well to fill the place of a jeweller's brooch. 



THE MUSK ROSE-7?<«?« Moschata. 



" And each inconstant breeze that blows, 

 Steals essence from the musky rose." 



This speciss of rose owes its name to the fine musky odour 



