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All the forms of R. lutea are frequently deficient in good pollen, but have 

 nevertheless been used for hybridising. The " Persian yellow rose " is a 

 double-flowered variety of R. lutea. 



Harisson's double yellow rose first appeared in the garden of the Rev. Mr 

 Harisson, of Trinity Church, New York City, about 1825. Judging by seed- 

 lings raised from it by Mr Allard of Angers, which showed by their prickles 

 and black-purple fruits certain characteristics of R. spinosissima, it is probably 

 a hybrid between some form of that species and R. lutea. Its flowers are 

 deep yellow, double ; the leaves, leaf-stalks, and sepals very glandular ; 

 leaflets double-toothed. 



R. MACROPHYLLA, Lindley. 



A shrub 8 ft. or more high, with erect stems and arching branches, some- 

 times unarmed, but usually furnished with straight prickles \ to i in. long, 

 more or less pointed upwards. Leaves up to 8 ins. long, consisting of from 

 5 to 1 1 leaflets which are I to i\ ins. long, oval, toothed except near the base, 

 smooth above, downy beneath ; common stalk downy. Flowers 2 to 3 ins. in 

 diameter, deep blush-red, produced in clusters of varying number down to 

 solitary blossoms; sepals I to ij ins. long, expanding into a leafy tip, glandular 

 and downy like the calyx-tube and flower-stalk. Fruit elongated, pear-shaped, 

 f to ITT ins. long, bright red, crowned with erect, persistent sepals. 



Native of the Himalaya and W. China. This fine rose was introduced 

 about 1818, and is among the handsomest in the genus in regard to its fruits, 

 which often hang in numerous clusters. Their elongated, bottle-like form 

 and crown of large sepals make them very distinct. The species is an 

 extremely variable one, and Mr Wilson has recently found and introduced 

 many allies or forms of this rose from W. China, where he found it up to 

 11,000 ft. Some of them have already received distinctive names, and others 

 when fully developed will no doubt need them. Mr de Vilmorin has also for 

 several years cultivated several distinct forms of this species. R. macrophylla 

 in any of its forms is worth growing, being marked by grace and distinction. 



R. MALYI, Kerner. 



A compact bush, 3 to 6 ft. high, the stems armed towards the base with 

 short spines and bristle-like prickles, the flowering branches unarmed. 

 Leaflets usually seven or nine, oval or roundish, J to ij ins. long, mostly 

 doubly toothed, smooth on both surfaces ; common stalk slightly glandular. 

 Flowers deep red, i^ ins. diameter, usually solitary, occasionally in threes ; 

 stalk glandular, like the calyx-tube and narrowly lanceolate sepals. Fruit 

 f to i in. long, bottle-shaped, red, crowned with sepals. 



This pleasing rose is a native of Dalmatia, and is considered to have an 

 origin similar to that of R. reversa a natural hybrid between alpina and 

 spinosissima. In most respects it resembles R. alpina, especially in its flowers 

 and pendulous red fruits ; out the smaller, often orbicular leaflets with rounded 

 bases suggest the Scotch rose. It was first distinguished in 1869. 



R. MICROPHYLLA, Roxburgh. BURR ROSE. 



(Bot. Mag., t. 6548 ; R. Roxburghii, Trattinick.} 



A sturdy bush, as much in width as it is in height, which is 6 or 8 ft. ; 

 bark grey, peeling ; branches stiff, armed with a few stiff, straight prickles in 

 pairs. Leaves 2 to 4 ins. long, consisting of nine to fifteen leaflets, which are 



