14 ADDITIONAL REMARKS ON THE HISTORY OF THE ROSE. 



" The Swiss mountains, and the Alpine chain in general, are rich 

 in native roses. Besides the Field rose, just mentioned, they have 

 the Rosa Alpina, an elegant shrub, with red solitary flowers, fur- 

 nishing many varieties in cultivation ; the Rosa spinulifolia, having 

 pale pink flowers of moderate size, with thorny leaflets that exhale a 

 scent of turpentine. It is remarkable that two mountain roses, the 

 Swiss spinulifolia, and the Scottish Rosa involuta, should be thus 

 alike characterized by the smell of turpentine. There remains to be 

 cited among Alpine roses, the Rosa rubrifolia, of which the red- 

 tinted stems and leaves, as well as the pretty little blossoms of a deep 

 crimson, form an agreeable variety to the verdure of the surrounding 

 foliage. 



" In the eastern and southern countries of Europe, rose-trees 

 abound ; of which a considerable number remain to be examined 

 and classed. The Crimea, for instance, is not acknowledged to 

 afford a single species, though travellers describe the country as very 

 productive in roses. In Greece and Sicily we find the Rosa gluti- 

 nosa, of which the leaflets produce a viscous matter : the flowers 

 being small, solitary, and of a pale red. Italy and Spain have several 

 distinct species ; among others, the Rosa Polliniana, with fine, 

 large, purple flowers, growing in clusters of two or three, and found 

 in the neighbourhood of Verona. The Rosa moschata and Rosa 

 Hispanica flourish in Spain j the flowers, of a light pink colour, ap- 

 pear in May. The Rosa sempervirens, common in the Balearic 

 Islands, grows spontaneously throughout the south of Europe and in 

 Barbary. Its foliage, of glossy green, is intermingled with a pro- 

 fusion of small, white, highly scented flowers. 



" For France, nineteen species are claimed by the Flora of De 

 Candolle. In the southern provinces is found the Rosa egla?iteria, 

 whose golden petals are sometimes varied into a rich orange. The 

 Rosa'spinosissima grows in the sandy plains of the southern pro- 

 vinces, having white flowers tipped with yellow, which have fur- 

 nished many beautiful varieties. In the forests of Auvergne and the 

 departments of the Vosges, we find the Rosa cimiamomea, which de- 

 rives its name from the colour of its branches ; the flowers being- 

 small, red, and solitary. The Rosa parvifolia, or Champagne rose, 

 a beautiful miniature shrub, adorns the fertile valleys in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Dijon with its very-double but small, solitary, crimson 

 blossoms. The Rosa Gallica is one which has afforded varieties of 



