ROSA 425 



Native of Afghanistan ; introduced to Kew in 1880 by the late Dr 

 Aitchiscn, who found it during the survey of the Kurrum Valley. It may 

 possibly be the R. xanthina of Lindley, as has been suggested, but that name 

 rests merely on a two-line description made by Lindley, in 1820, of a drawing 

 in the library of Mr A. B. Lambert. This is to the effect that it has " all the 

 appearance of R. spinosissima, except having no setae, and double flowers the 

 colour of R. sulphurea. Hab. in China." It does not seem worth while to 

 introduce confusion by dragging in a name whose sole basis is a single vague 

 sentence. R. Ecae is an interesting and dainty rose, but not free-growing or 

 easy to propagate. It should have a sunny position. The name is an 

 adaptation of Mrs Aitchison's initials " E. C. A." 



R. ELYMAITICA, Boissier. 



A low, compact bush, whose stems are armed with stout, pale-coloured, 

 very hooked prickles, 5- to i in. long, some of which are arranged in pairs at 

 the base of the leaf-stalks, some scattered. Leaves I to 2 ins. long ; leaflets 

 mostly five, 3- to \ in. l(5Hg, oval or roundish, simply and coarsely toothed, 

 downy above, felted beneath, of firm texture. Flowers rosy white, about i in. 

 across, usually solitary on short, bristly stalks ; calyx-tube and sepals bristly. 

 Fruit globose, in. wide, dark red, glandular-bristly, crowned with the 

 spreading sepals. 



A little-known species from the mountains of Persia and Kurdistan, where 

 it reaches up to 8000 ft. It is marked by the conspicuous, light-coloured, 

 very hooked prickles, often in pairs, and by the hairy leaves. Introduced in 

 1900 to Kew, where it has proved hatdy. 



R. ENGELMANNII, S. Watson. 



(Garden and Forest, 1899, fig. 121.) 



A shrub 3 to 4 ft. high, with erect stems sometimes densely covered with 

 straight, slender prickles, sometimes unarmed. Leaves composed of usually 

 five or seven leaflets which are oval or ovate, f to I j ins. long,/ about half as 

 wide, the coarse teeth gland-tipped and often again toothed ; upper surface 

 smooth, lower one downy, especially on the midrib and veins ; stipules 

 dilated and edged with resinous, glandular teeth. Flowers usually solitary, 

 rarely two or three together, i^ to 2^ ins. across, bright rose ; the stalk and 

 calyx-tube smooth. Sepals entire, | to I in. long, sometimes dilated at the 

 tip, becoming erect after the petals fall, and persisting on the fruit. Fruit 

 bright red, egg-shaped, up to I in. long. 



Native of Central and Western N. America ; introduced in 1891. This 

 rose is very nearly allied to R. acicularis, and is now generally regarded as 

 a geographical form of that species, which belongs essentially to the Old 

 World. Engelmann's rose differs from acicularis in the frequent occurrence 

 of a pair of slender spines below the stipules, and in the double, glandular 

 teeth. The fruit also is more tapered at the base and the young shoots less 

 bristly. 



R. FEDTSCHENKOANA, Regel. 



(Bot. Mag., t. 7770.) 



A shrub about 8 ft. high, armed with rather slender or straight prickles, 

 sometimes \ in. long, often reduced to bristles ; year-old wood very dark. 

 Leaves glaucous green, 2^ to 5 ins. long, oval or obovate, rather coarsely 

 toothed, smooth above, downy beneath. Flowers white, 2 ins. across, produced 

 singly or up to four on the stalk, which is furnished with a downy, leaf-like, 

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