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R. BLANDA, Aiton. SMOOTH or MEADOW ROSE. 



A shrub 4 to 6 ft. high, whose stems are quite unarmed or furnished with 

 a few slender, scattered, straight prickles. Leaves 2 to 5 ins. long, with 

 smooth broad stipules and a smooth or slightly downy stalk ; leaflets usually 

 five or seven, obovate, narrowed towards the base, f to 2? ins. long, shortly 

 stalked, commonly quite smooth, sometimes downy, simply" toothed. Flowers 

 in clusters of three to seven or often solitary, 2| to 3 ins. across, rosy pink ; 

 sepals i in. long, lanceolate, entire, with narrowly expanded tips, downy and 

 sometimes bristly. Fruit globose or pear-shaped, red, \ to ^ in. wide, 

 crowned with erect and persistent sepals. 



Widely spread in N. America from Canada and the eastern United 

 States to the western States ; introduced in 1773. A handsome rose and one 

 of the largest flowered of the purely wild types. It bears a close general 

 resemblance to R. nutkana, but the often stout and hooked spines of the 

 latter set in pairs at the base of each leaf-stalk afford a ready distinction. 



R. BRACTEATA, Wendlatld. MACARTNEY ROSE. 

 (Bot. Mag., t. 1377.) 



An evergreen shrub of rambling habit, reaching on walls in favoured 

 places a height of 20 ft. Branches very thick and sturdy, covered with 

 brownish down, and armed with pairs of stout, hooked prickles and numerous 

 scattered bristly ones. Leaflets five to eleven, obovate, often widely truncate 

 at the end and finely toothed, in. to (in vigorous plants) 2 ins. long, ^ to 

 i in. wide ; of a very deep green and highly polished above, either smooth or 

 downy on the midrib beneath ; common stalk glandular-downy ; stipules 

 laciniated. Flowers. 3 to 4 ins. across, white, borne singly on a very short 

 stalk which is surrounded by several large, laciniated, downy bracts. Calyx- 

 tube and sepals (the -latter in. long) covered with a pale brown wool. Fruit 

 globose, orange-red, woolly, about i^ ins. wide. 



Native of China; introduced in 1793 by Lord Macartney. This distinct 

 and remarkable rose is, unfortunately, not very hardy except in the south-west 

 counties and similar places, where its rich evergreen foliage and large flowers 

 make it one of the most striking of all the wild types. Near London, even 

 grown on a wall, it is occasionally damaged badly by frost. Its flowers appear 

 from June until late autumn, and have a delicate fruity perfume. The 

 " Marie Leonida " rose (or R. alba odorata of gardens), with creamy white 

 double flowers, is a cross between bracteata and Isevigata. 



R. CALIFORNICA, Ckamisso. 



A shrub 5 to 8 ft. high, the stems armed with stout, hooked prickles. 

 Leaves 3 to 5 ins. long, common stalk downy ; leaflets usually five or seven, 

 oval or ovate, i to i^ ins. long, smooth or slightly downy above, downy 

 beneath, especially on the midrib and nerves, simply toothed. Flowers about 

 i| ins. across, pink, frequently over a dozen in a cluster; stalk and calyx-tube 

 smooth; sepals \ in. or more long with expanded tips, sometimes smooth, 

 sometimes downy. Fruit globose or slightly elongated, \ to |* in. wide, 

 contracted into a prominent neck below the persisting erect sepals. 



Native of Western N. America from British Columbia to California. It 

 differs from R. pisocarpa in the hooked spines, more numerous flowers in a 

 cluster, and larger fruit. It is represented in gardens by a very pretty double- 

 flowered variety FLORE PLENO, and a dwarf one NANA. 



