174 RKMAHKS ON CULTURE OK ROSES IN TOTS. 



On the Culture of Roses in Pots. Bi/ Mr. T. Moore. (Read April 

 20, at an Evening Meeting of the Regent's Park Gardeners' 1 

 Association.) 



By modern botanists the genus Rosa lias been divided into ten 

 sections, which are called Feroces, Lind.; Bracteat.e; Cinna- 

 aiOME/Bt Lind.; Pimpinellifoli;E, Lind.; Centifolle, Lind.; 

 Villo&b; Rubiginosje, Lind. ; Canine, Lind. ; SystyljE, Lind. ; 

 and Banksi^e, Lind. 



§ 1. Feroces. These are distinguished by their branches being 

 clothed with a permanent tomentum, and also with numerous prickles 

 and bristles, and by their perfectly smooth, naked fruit. The species 

 included are of little interest, producing an inconsiderable number 

 of single flowers ; they cannot, therefore, be recommended for pot 

 culture. 



§ 2. Bracteatje. These plants are chiefly distinguishable from 

 the preceding by the woolliness of their fruit and by their usually 

 shining leaves ; they have also the prickles situated in pairs beneath 

 the stipules. Rosa microphylla, and R. bracteata (the Macartney 

 Rose) are included in this section. 



§3. Cinnamome,e consists of plants of compact and erect habit : 

 they may be known by their long lanceolate leaflets, which are without 

 glands; and by their small, round, red fruit. The common Cinna- 

 mon Rose is the type of those included in this section. 



§ 4. Fimpinellifoli;e. These, though differing in habit from 

 the preceding, are yet closely allied to them in artificial character; 

 the greater number of leaflets, the flowers universally without bracteas, 

 and the total absence of stipular prickles, are the chief points of dis- 

 tinction. In this section are included Rosa spinosissima (the Scotch 

 Rose), and R. sulphurea (the Double Yellow Rose). 



§ 5. Centifolije. These are readily distinguishable from the 

 preceding sections by their thickened disc, and divided or compound 

 sepals ; and from the following, by their being setigerous, that is, 

 bearing sette or bristles along the branches. In this section are 

 comprehended Rosa damascena (the Damask Rose), with its va- 

 rieties, including those known as " perpetuals; " R. centifolia (the Pro- 

 vence or Cabbage Rose), with its varieties, including the " mossy" 

 and " pompone " Roses; and R. gallica (the French or Officinal 



