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ROSA. 



THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



ROSC02A. 



of a peculiar glaucous colour brightly 

 tinged with red. N. America. 



R. RUGOSA (Ramanas R.). It is a long 

 and persistent bloomer, and reaches the 

 zenith of its beauty when the secondary 

 flowers come with the glowing orange 

 and red fruits that have succeeded the 

 first flowers. Then a second crop of ripe 

 fruit appears late in autumn, when the 

 leaves turn yellow, showing the Rose in 

 another pretty aspect. It makes a good 

 hedge, and where pretty dividing lines 

 are wanted, it is one of the best for the 

 purpose. There are purple, pink, and 

 white forms, this last being lovely, 

 and quite the best single white Rose 

 of the non-climbers. 



R. SERICEA. It is a very pretty Rose 

 both in flower and in leaf, and can be told 

 from all other Roses by its shapely white 

 flowers with four petals which ate arranged 

 in the shape of a Maltese cross, five being, 

 of course, the normal number in this 

 family. The leaflets are small and numer- 

 ous, not unlike those of the Scotch Rose, 

 and in one variety the young stems are 

 quite red. North India. There is a 

 strange form of this Rose from Yunnan, 

 known as pteracantha, or the Great Spined 

 Rose. It is remarkable for its stout ruddy 

 stems, set throughout their entire length 

 with broad wing-like spines, their effect 

 unlike anything hitherto seen in the Rose 

 family, and of remarkable brilliance in 

 sunlight. 



R. SETIGERA (The Prairie R.). Is a 

 climbing plant of vigorous growth, the 

 leaflets, of which there are three to each 

 leaf, being large for a Rose. It blooms in 

 July and August, and is thus one of the 



latest of all the Wild Roses to flower. The 

 flowers are large and showy, and of a 

 deep rose, but without fragrance. This 

 Rose is seen best planted in a large 

 group, and, given a few rough roots or 

 posts to climb over, it soon makes a large 

 impenetrable thicket. The fruits are 

 small as compared with other Wild Roses. 

 R. SETIPODA. A bushy species of 

 recent introduction from C. China (Hupeh), 

 whose purplish rose-coloured flowers 

 are freely produced in terminal corymbs. 

 It is of shrub-like habit of growth, and 

 reaches 6 or 10 feet high. June. Its 

 fruit beauty, if less large and striking, 

 is akin to R. Moyesie, and somewhat 

 more brilliantly coloured. The fruits, 

 too, are freely furnished with bristles. 



R. SPINOSISSIMA (Burnet Rose). A 

 pretty native Wild Rose, which will grow 

 and flourish in the lightest and hottest of 

 soils, where many Roses fail. It is the 

 parent of the Scotch Roses. The creamy 

 white flowers of the wild plant are pretty 

 and fragrant. 



R. XANTHINA. A charming plant for 

 the rock garden, very like the Austrian 

 Briers in general effect, but freer in growth 

 and flower. Its flowers are small (only 

 about i inch across), of a beautiful golden 

 yellow, with deeper spots at the base of 

 each petal. The stems are dwarf, slender, 

 and very prickly, wreathed with flowers 

 for a good part of their length. It flowers 

 annually on the rockery at Kew. 



R. WILLMOTTI^E. A new species from 

 W. China, where it was found by Wilson 

 when plant-hunting for the Messrs Veitch 

 on the Sangan Mountains at elevations 

 from 10,000 to 11,000 feet. It forms a 

 densely branched shrub 8 feet or more 

 high, furnished with elegant foliage. 

 The solitary flowers are of a bright rose- 

 pink, and are freely produced in June 

 on the arching branches of the previous 

 season's growth. Fruits roundish and 

 of orange-red colour. Quite hardy and 

 very pretty. 



The above is a choice of the best 

 Wild Roses known to us for the garden 

 or shrubberies and fences near the 

 garden. There are many Wild Roses 

 inhabiting northern and temperate 

 countries, and many that have never 

 been in cultivation. 



ROSCCEA. A small though inter- 

 esting genus of tuberous rooted plants 

 from China and the Himalayas, of easy 

 cultivation if planted 4 to 5 inches 

 deep in sandy loam. All are dwarf 

 growing. The best known species is 

 R. purpurea, with richly coloured 

 flowers on stems 9 inches or so high. 

 R. Cantlioides is somewhat taller 

 growing, the erect leafy stems being 

 terminated by a cluster of yellow 



