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The Rose Fancier's Manual— By Mrs. Gore. 12mo, pp.434 



London, 1838. 



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The R. ferox mingles its large red blossoms and thorny branches with those 

 of the hundred-leaved ; and the R, pulverulenta is also observed on the 

 peak of Narzana, one of the Circassian chain. 



" In the north of Asia, Siberia boasts the R. grandiflora, of which the 

 corolla bears the form of an antique cup ; the R. caucasea, the fruit of which 

 is ot a pulpy substance ; and still adjoining the Caucasian provinces, we 

 find a yellowish variety of the caucasea, of a dingy unattractive appearance. 

 Advancing towards the Frozen Ocean, and beyond the Ural Mountains, 

 grows the R. rubella, of which the petals are sometimes of a deep crimson, 

 but often pale and colourless as the surrounding country. Still further 

 north, flourishes the R. acicularis, bearing solitary flowers of a pale red. 

 Ten or twelve other species grow in the Russian provinces of Northern Asia ; 

 in particular, the R. kamtschatica, bearing solitary flowers of a pinkish 

 white. 



'• In Africa, one of the borders of the vast desert of Sahara, and more 

 especially in the plains towards Tunis, is found the R. moschata, whose tufts 

 of white roses give out a musky exhalation. This charming species is also 

 to be found in Egypt, Morocco, Mogadore, and the island of Madeira. In 

 Egypt, too, grows the R. canina, or dog rose, so common throughout Europe. 

 In Abyssinia, we find an evergreen rose tree, with pink blossoms, which bears 

 the name of the country, as the R. abyssinica. Other species are, doubtless, 

 to be found in the unexplored countries of Africa. 



" In Europe, commencing;, to the north west, with Iceland (so infertile in 

 vegetation, that in some parts the natives are compelled to feed their horses, 

 sheep, and oxen, on dried fish), we find the R. rubiginosa, with pale, soli- 

 tary, cup- shaped flowers. In Lapland, blooming almost under the snows of 

 that severe climate, grows the R. majalis, small, sweet, and of a brilliant 

 colour; and the same beautiful species, as if in eulivenment of the cheerless 

 rudeness of the climate, is to be found in Norway, Denmark, and Sweden. 

 In Lapland, too, under shelter of the shrubby evergreens, among which the 

 natives seek mosses and lichens for the nourishment of their reindeer, they 

 find the R. rubella, already mentioned, the flowers of which are sometimes 

 of a deep red colour. 



"The R. rubiginosa, the pale flowers of which grow in clusters of two or 

 three ; the May rose ; the cinnamon rose, the small pale red flowers of 

 which are sometimes siugle, sometimes double; as well as several other 

 hardy species ; may be found in all the countries of Northern Europe. 



"Six species are indigenous in England. The R. involuta exhibits its 

 dark foliage, and large white or red flowers, amid the forests of North Bri- 

 tain, the leaves of which, when rubbed, giving out a smell of turpentine, as 

 if derived from the pine trees among which the shrub takes root. In the 

 same aeighhouihood are found the R. Sabina; the R. villosa, the flowers 

 sompi imes while, sometimes crimson, blowing in pairs ; and the R. canina. 



" The environs of Belfast produce an insignificant shrub, known as the 

 R. hibernica, for the discovery of which Mr. Templeton received a premium 

 of fifty guineas from the Botanical Society of Dublin, as being a new indige- 

 nous plant, though since discovered to become the R. spinosissima in poor 

 soils, and the R. canina in loamv land. 



