CHAP. XLII. 



ROSA cea;. ho sa. 



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Odeur de Tlie, Fr. ; has semidouble flowers, of 

 a most delicious fragrance, strongly resembling 

 the scent of the finest green tea. There are 

 numerous subvarieties. 

 « R. i. 4 hiistifolia Lindl. Ros., p. 106. ; R. longi- 

 folia Wiltd. Emnn., ii. 1079., Red. Ros. ,ii. t. 27. ; 

 R. semperflorens var. 7. X. Du Ham., vii. 

 p. 22. ; R. salicifolia Hort. ; and our Jig. 507. ; 

 has the stems nearly unarmed, and long lanceo- 

 late leaflets. 



• R. i. 5 jnnmla Lindl. Ros., p. 106., is a dwarf 



variety, with purplish flowers, having ovate 

 petals. 



• R. i. 6 carijophijUea Red. Ros., iii. p. 69., has the 



flowers in a kind of panicle, and the leaflets 

 large and thin. 



• R. i. 7 paimosa Red. has the stems and branches 



prickly ; tlie leaflets ovate, and red beneath, 



with the stipules so finely denticulated as to 



give them somewhat of a fringed or pannose appearance. Flowers 



drooping a little, purple on the outside, and with the inner petals 



rose-coloured. 



• R. i. 8 crucnta Red., and Don's Mill., ii. p. 582. ; differing from the 



above principally in having the stems and branches almost un- 

 armed, and the stipules almost entire. 



• R. ?. 9 Frasenkna Hort. Brit., p. 211., and Don's Mill., ii. p. 582. ; a 



hybrid, with double pink flowers. 

 1 R. i. 10 riiga Lindl. Bot. Reg., t. 1.389., has double blush, changing 

 to white, sweet-scented flowers. It is a hybrid between R. i. odora- 

 tissima and R. arvensis, brought from Italy, where it was raised by 

 Mr. Clare. It grows freely, making shoots 10 ft. or 12 ft. long in a 

 season. 



• R. 2. 11 ochroleuca Bot. Reg., the yelloiv China Rose, has large cream- 



coloured flowers, deepening almost into yellow in the centre. It was 

 introduced by Mr. Parks, in 1824-, and has rapidly become a great 

 favourite, in pots and ornamental flower-gardens. 



• 66. R. sEMPERFLO^RENs Curt. The ever-flowering China Rose. 



Identification. Curt. Bot. Mag. , t. 2.S4. ; Smith Exot. Bot., 2. p. 91.: Jacq. Schdnbr., 3 p 281 : Don'« 

 Mill, 2. p. 3S2. ^ V , 



Synonymes. R. diversifdlia Vent. Cels., t.'35. ; R. bengalensis Pers. Ench., 2. p. 50. ; R indica Red. 

 Ros., 1. p. 49. t. 13., p. 123. t. 46., and 2. p. 37. t. 16. 



Engravings. Lawr. Ros., t. 23. ; N. Du Ham., vii. t. 18. ; and our 

 fig. 508., of a double French variety. 



Spec. Cliar., Sfc. Branches dark green, armed with 

 scattered, compressed, hooked prickles, and a 

 very few glands. Leaflets 3 — 5, ovate-lanceolate, 

 crenate-serrated, shining above, but glaucous and 

 slightly setigerous beneath. Sepals compound, 

 narrow. Fruit spherical. {Don's JlIilL, ii. p. 582.) 

 Native of China. Flowers solitary, single, or semi- 

 double, deep crimson. There are some very 

 splendid varieties of this species, with semidouble 

 crimson flowers, in our gardens ; and the French Mli 

 appear to have some others still more beautil'ul, / 

 which have not yet been imported. A shrub, 

 introduced in 1789, growing from 8 ft. to 10 ft. 

 in height, and flowering throui^iiout the year. 

 For this beautiful rose we are indebted to Gilbert Slater, Esq., Low-Layton, 

 Essex, a gentleman to whose memory a genus has not yet been devoted, 

 though he was the means of introducing several of our finest plants. 



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