CHAP. XLII. 



ROSA CEJE. liO^SA. 



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flowering troiu June to August. This is 

 only known in its double-flowered state in 

 British gardens. Tt is a freely growing hardy < 

 plant, with large double flowers, and is de- 

 sirable both in flower-gardens and shrub- 

 beries. It is not of a robust habit, but 

 forms a bush about 3 ft., or perhaps more, 

 in height. According to Dr. Lindley, this 

 rose forms a taller bush than R. Iiicida, but 

 is of a more straggling habit. It is, he says, 

 " a naked strangling briar, with scarcely a 

 vestige of prickles on the shoots; its flowers 

 are on long stalks, the mouth of the fruit 

 is so wide, that the fruit itself is nearly 

 hemispherical ; and the sepals are reflexed." 

 (Ros. ulIoiwg.,p. 16.) 



a 9. i?. Woo'ds// Lindl. Woods's Rose. 



Identification. Lindl. Ros., p. 21. ; Don's Mill., '2. p. 566. 



Syiionyme. R. liitea nigra Pro/iv. Norn., p. 2-1. 



Engraving. Lindl. Bot. Reg., t. 976. 



Spec. Char, ^c. Stipules and sepals connivent. Leaflets oblong, obtuse, glabrous. {Dun's Mill., ii 

 p. 566.) A low shrub, with dull dark branches. Flowers pink. Fruit ovate, naked. There is 

 a plant which was gathered about Cumberland House Fort, which Mr. Borrer takes to be a variety 

 of the present species, having the leaves downy beneath. A native of North America, near thf 

 Missouri, and north of the Saskatchawan, and as far as the Bear Lake ; growing to the height of 

 2 ft. or 3 ft., and flowering from March to June. 



s 10. R. FRUTETO^RUM Bess. The Coppice Rose. 



Identification. Bess, ex .Spreng. Syst., 2. p. 548. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 565. 



Spec. Char., S(C. Prickles almost stipular, strong, reflexed. Petioles unarmed, and, as well as the 

 under surface of the leaves, villous. Leaflets elliptic. Peduncles very short, glabrous. Fruit 

 globose, glabrous. {Don's Mill., ii. p. 565.) Native of Volhynia. Introduced in 1818; growing to 

 the height of from 5 ft. to 6 ft., and flowering in June and July. 



Sfe 11. i?. CAROLi^NA I/m. The Carolina Rose. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 703. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 566. 



Syiwnymes. R. virginiina Du Roi Harbk., 2. p. 353. ; Rossig. Ros., t. 13. ; R. palustris Marsh. Arbr., 

 135. ; R. corymbbsa Ehrh. Beitr., 4. p. 21. ; R. pennsylvanica .Mich. Ft. Bor. Amer., 1 p. 296. ; R. 

 Hudsoniana Red. Ros., 1. p. 95. t. oa. ; R. caroliniana Bigel. Ft. Bost., 121. 



Engravings. Red. Ros., 1. t. 28. and t. 35. ; Lindl. Ros., t. 4. ; Rossig. Ross., t. 13. 



Spec. Char., SfC. Stipules convolute. Leaflets lanceolate. Sepals spreading. {Don's Mill., ii. p. 566.) 

 Branches green, or reddish brown. Cymes 1- or many-flowered. Flowers crimson. Petals con- 

 cave or flat, crumpled. Fruit round, scarlet, hispid. Sometimes the ends of the shoots have no 

 prickles. Native of New England, Virginia, and Canada as far as the Saskatchawan. Introduced 

 in 1726 ; growing to the height of from 2 ft. to 8 ft., and flowering in June and July. As the name 

 of R. palustris imports, it grows best in a marshy soil. 



* 12. R. LindleH'/ Spreng. Lindley's Carolina Rose. 



Identification. Spreng. Syst., 2. p. 6i7. ; Don's Mill., 2. p- 565. 



Synonymcs. R. laxa Lindl. Ros., 18. t. 3. ; R. Carolina i Ait. llort. Kew., ed. 2. vol. 3. p. 260. ; R. 



Carolina pimpinellifblia Andr. Ros., with a figure. 

 Engravings. Lindl. Ros., 18. t. 3. ; Andr. Ros. 

 Spec. Char., S)C. Difl\ise. Branches twiggy, almost unarmed. Leaflets oblong undulated, opaque, 



glaucescent. {Don's Mill., ii. p. 565.) A spreading shrub, with reddish brown branches. Flowers 



rose-coloured, growing usually in pairs. Native of North America. In cultivation, growing 



from 3ft to 4 ft. high ; and flowering in July and August 



13. R. parviflo'ra E/n: 



The small-flowered, or Pennsylvanlan, Rose. 



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Identification. Ehrh. Beitr., 4. p. 21. ; Du Roi Harbk., 2. p. 354. ; Don's Mill., 2. 



p. 5n5. 



Syiwnymes. R. hiimilis Marsh. Arb., 136. ; R. caroliniana Mich. Ft. Bor. 



Amer., 1. p. 295. ; R. Carolina y et 3 Ait. Hart. Kcw., ed. 2. vol. 3. p. 260. ; 



Pennsylvanian Rose Lawr. Ros., t. 3. et t. 66., and of the nurseries. 

 Engraving. Smith Insect. Georg., 1. p. 49. t. 25. 

 Spec. Char., &C. Dwarf. Stipules linear. Prickles acicular. Leaflets lanceo. 



late, smootnish, sharply serrated. Calyxes clammy. A very low weak plant. 



Flowers pale blush, usually growing by pairs. {Don's Mill , 2. p. 566.) It is a 



native of North America, on the declivities of hills, in the states of New York 



and Carolina, where it grows to the height of 2 ft., flowering from Jiuie till 



August. Introduced in 1724. 



f'arieli/. 



jt R.p.2fidre plino Red. Ros., 2. p. 73. ; and our .ri^. 479. — Flowers double, pale blush, 

 unexpanded. A neat little rose, but not in very general cultivation. 

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