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gardens have been mostly derived from this. The original had pale pink 

 flowers, single or slightly double, I to li ins. diameter. (Figured in Bot. 

 Reg., t. 538> as R. Lawranceana, Sweet.) 



Var. MONSTROSA (R. viridiflora). Green Rose. A monstrous form, in 

 which the numerous petals have reverted to a green, leaf-like condition. It 

 has no beauty, but is of considerable interest to morphologists. First noticed 

 in Paris in 1855, in the garden of a Mr Verdier, who is said to have received 

 it from Augusta, Georgia, U.S.A. 



Var. SEMPERFLORENS (R. semperflorens, Curtis, Bot. Mag., t. 284). 

 Crimson China Rose. Introduced from China to England by Mr Gilbert 

 Slater in 1789. Flowers all the summer and autumn. It has much more 

 slender stems than the " monthly " rose, the leaves are purplish red, and the 

 flowers of a rich blood red, on very long, slender stalks. 



All the roses of the "indica" type are notable for their long-continued 

 flowering. They commence in June and continue until the winter, frequently 

 well into November. Numerous hybrids have arisen from them, amongst 

 which may be mentioned : 



Boursault Roses (indica x alpina). 



Bourbon Roses (indica x gallica). Originated in the Isle of Bourbon 

 about 1817. 



Noisette Roses (indica ? x moschata), see p. 437. 



R. ruga> Lindley, Bot. Reg., t. 1389 (indica x arvensis). 



R. INVOLUTA, Smith. 



A shrub 3 to 9 ft. high, the stems armed with slender, straight prickles 

 varying in length from \ in. to mere stiff bristles. Leaflets five to nine, oval, 

 simply or occasionally doubly toothed, smooth above, rather downy below; 

 common stalk prickly and downy. Flowers pink, solitary on short, bristly 

 stalks. Fruit globose, red, with persistent sepals. Found originally in the 

 Scottish Highlands in the early part of the nineteenth century, this rose is 

 believed to be a natural hybrid between R. spinosissima and one of the 

 VILLOSJE group probably tomentosa or mollis. Several forms are associated 

 with it as varieties, some no doubt of independent origin. The most distinct 

 of them is 



Var. SABINII, Baker. A more robust shrub up 10 ft. high, leaflets oval to 

 ovate, doubly toothed, slightly hairy above, and very downy and glandular 

 beneath. Fruit prickly. 



R. JUNDZILLII, Besser. JUNDZIL'S ROSE. 

 (R. trachyphylla, Rau.") 



A bush 6 ft. or so high, the stems armed with scattered, uniform, 

 slightly decurved prickles, not bristly or needle-like. Leaflets five or seven, 

 oval, rounded at the base, pointed, from i to if ins. long, doubly-toothed, 

 smooth or nearly so above, but downy beneath, especially on the midrib and 

 veins ; common stalk downy, and furnished abundantly with sticky glands, 

 as are also the teeth and under-surface of the leaflets. Flowers 3 ins. across, 

 pink, produced singly or in threes ; stalk glandular-bristly ; sepals edged 

 with numerous glands, the larger ones pinnately lobed. Fruit globose or 

 slightly egg-shaped, bright red, with the sepals fallen away. 



Native of Central Europe, and one of the most distinct and handsome of 

 the wild European roses. It is remarkable for its copious furnishing of 

 glands. It belongs to the sweet-briar group (RUBIGINO&*). An identical or 

 very similar rose has been found in England, but it is not thought to be 



