ADDITIONAL REMARKS ON THE HISTORY OF THE ROSE. 11 



but blowing at all seasons, of a far more brilliant colour. The Rosa 

 Lawranceana is a beautiful little shrub, from three to five inches in 

 height, but, unlike, most dwarfs, whether of the vegetable or animal 

 creation, perfect in symmetry and proportion. The Rosa multijlora 

 attains, on the contrary, a growth of fifteen or sixteen feet; having 

 small, double, pale-pink blossoms, united on a single stem, so as to 

 form beautiful bouquets on the tree. The Rosa Banksiee extends its 

 flexile branches over rocks and hillocks, bearing a profusion of small, 

 very-double, yellowish white flowers, remarkable for their violet- 

 scented fragrance. The Rosa microphylla is a favourite garden- 

 shrub of the Chinese, under the name of Haitong-hong ; having 

 small, double, pale-pink flowers, and a foliage of peculiar delicacy. 



" Cochin-China, situated between the tenth and twentieth degrees 

 of latitude, possesses all the roses of China, and, in addition, several 

 indigenous species ; among others, the Rosa alba, found also in 

 Piedmont, in France, and various other parts of Europe, and the 

 Rosa spinosissima, bearing flesh-coloured flowers. Japan, between 

 the thirtieth and fortieth degrees of latitude, has all the roses of 

 China; besides a peculiar species, the Rosa rugosa, the solitary 

 flower of which bears some resemblance to the Kamschatkan rose. 



" The southern provinces of Asia, comprehending those of India, 

 offer many curious species to our observation. The north of Hin- 

 dostari possesses six; two of which are also found in China, and two 

 in Nepaul. The Rosa Lyellli, which bears transplantation to our 

 own climate, and is remarkable for the profusion of its milk-white 

 flowers during the greater part of the summer ; and the Rosa Bru- 

 nonii, whose petals are of the same snowy whiteness, rank high 

 among the roses of India. In approaching the southern provinces, 

 we find the Rosa macrophylla somewhat resembling the Alpine roses 

 of Europe ; the flowers whitish, but streaked with pink towards the 

 extremity of the petals ; the Rosa sericea, of which the surface of the 

 leaflets has a satin texture, and the flowers are solitary and drooping. 



" The parched shores of the Gulf of Bengal are icovered, during 

 the spring, with a beautiful white rose found also in China and 

 Nepaul. The flowers of the Rosa involucrata are white, solitary, 

 surrounded with a collar of three or four leaves, out of which they 

 seem to emerge ; while in vast thickets of the beautiful Rosa 

 lemperjbrau, (a native also of China,) the tigers of Bengal and 

 crocodiles of the Ganges are known to lie in wait for their prey. 



