PART III. 



ARBORETU-M AND FRUTICKTU-M. 



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R. Sabhii. Page 758., add to "Spec. Char., c^c :" " There is a variety in tlic 

 Horticultural Society's Garden, under the name of R. s. gracilis." 



R. Z>ortiana. 7o9., add to the paragraph headed "Spec. Char. Sfc.:" " There is 

 a variety in the Horticultural Society's Garden, called R. D. horrida. 



R, Wilsoin Burr, in Brit. Fl., ed. 3., p. 231., Eng. Bol. Sitppl., t. 2723. 

 On this rose, Dr. Lindley remarks, that it seems one of the endless 

 varieties of R. mollis ; approaching R. Donidna, in the presence 

 of setge on its branches ; and proving, among other things, that R, 

 involuta, R. Donid>ia, R. Sabinia«ff, &c., are all one and the same 

 natural species. (See Comp. Bot. Mag., i. p. 189.) 



H. damascaia. Add to "Engravings:" "and our _/%. 2456., of R. d. sub- 

 alba." 



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R. ceyitifolia. 760., after the paragraph headed " R, c. 2 miiscdsa," insert :— 

 " ^ R. c. m. cristata Hook. Bot. Mag., t. 3475.— A very beautiful and curi- 

 ous variety of the moss rose, introduced from "France in 1833, and 

 remarkable for the manner in which the moss springs from the 

 edges of the sepals." 

 Add, after " R. c. 3 pomponia Dec. :" " ^V. Du Ham., viii, p. 37. ; R. 

 2)ompdnia Red. Ros., p. 65." Add to the end of the paragraph : 

 " These roses should be cut down 

 every year, when they have done flow- 

 ering, that they may send up new 

 shoots to produce flowers every spring. 

 If this be not done, the principal 

 branches will dry up, and become bare, 

 like those of the bramble." 

 R. gallica. 760., add to list of Engravin<is : 



" and Jig. 2457., of the species." 

 R. alba. 764., add to list oi Engravings : " anu 

 fg. 2458., of the double variety, com- 

 mon in gardens." 

 R. liitea. 765., after " Varieties, ' add : -r 



" ^ K./.i Jid}-e p/eno. Williams's double 

 yellow Sweet Briar. — This very 

 beautiful variety was raised from 

 seeds of this species by Mr. Williams 

 ofPitmaston. It is a free flowerer, 

 and forms a very ornamental low shrub. 

 Horticultural Society's Garden." 

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