434 ROSA 



oval, tapering at both ends, ^ to f in. long, firm in texture, with fine, slender 

 teeth ; smooth above, rather downy beneath, especially on the midrib when 

 young ; common stalk downy. Flowers usually solitary, delicate rose, 2 to 

 2^ ins. across, extremely fragrant ; calyx-tube and flower-stalk prickly ; sepals 

 broadly ovate, lobed, downy. Fruit flattened, tomato-shaped, ii ins. diameter, 

 very spiny, yellowish green, fragrant. 



Native of China ; said to have been introduced to England in 1828, 

 probably by way of the Calcutta Botanic Garden, where it had long been 

 cultivated. It is a most distinct rose by reason of its peeling bark, its small 

 numerous leaflets, and especially by its large, spiny, apple-like fruit. In the 

 leafless state its open habit, stiff branches, and peeling bark scarcely suggest 

 a rose. When in bloom it appears to be preferred by bees to any other rose. 

 It is a favourite in the south United States. 



Var. FLORE PLENO. Flowers double and rather lumpy. Bot. Mag. t. 3490. 



R. MOLLIS, Smith. 



An erect bush, 3 to 6 ft. high, armed with scattered, slender prickles. 

 Leaves 2 to 4 ins. long, with a downy common stalk and stipules. Leaflets 

 five or seven, oblong or ovate, \ to i ins. long, doubly toothed, downy on 

 both sides, especially beneath. Flowers rosy red, 2 ins. across, produced 

 usually two to four together ; stalk and calyx-tube usually bristly, sometimes 

 bare ; sepals in. long, narrow, with expanded tips, very glandular and 

 downy, usually undivided, but occasionally lobed. Fruit globose, \ in. or 

 more in diameter, red, surmounted by erect sepals. 



Native of Europe and the Caucasus, and wild over most of Britain. It 

 is allied to pomifera and to tomentosa, differing from the former in its 

 smaller parts especially leaves and fruits, its less bristly character, and the 

 undivided sepals ; and from tomentosa by the softer, more downy leaves and 

 narrower persistent sepals. 



R. MOSCHATA, Miller. MUSK ROSE. 

 (R. Brunonii, Lindley ; Bot. Mag., t. 4030.) 



A tall, climbing species reaching to the tops of lofty trees; the stems and 

 branches armed with short, scattered, stout, hooked prickles. Leaves up to 



7 or 8 ins. long ; leaflets five to nine, oval-lanceolate, from i to 3 ins. long, 

 about one-third as wide, simply and regularly toothed, smooth above, more 

 or less downy beneath ; common stalk prickly and glandular. Flowers at 

 first pale yellow, changing to almost pure white, about i^ ins. across, pro- 

 duced in corymbose clusters or rather a cluster of corymbs often forming 

 an inflorescence over i foot across. Calyx-tube, sepals, and flower-stalk 

 downy, the sepals deflexed ; styles united in a column. Fruit red, in. wide, 

 obovoid, with the sepals fallen away. 



Widely spread in the East from S. Europe to N. India and China ; 

 cultivated in England for over three hundred years. This rose is remarkable 

 for its enormous clusters of blossom, which, with the white petals and great 

 clusters of yellow stamens, make a fine show. It is not one of the hardiest, 

 and the long succulent shoots it makes during summer v/hen young (often 



8 to 12 ft. long) are frequently killed back in winter. There are two forms 

 in cultivation, one with dull green foliage, the other with pale glaucous 

 foliage. The former is the hardier, and near the London district when once 

 established is rarely severely cut. The most suitable place for this rose is in 

 a rough shrubbery, where it can grow over, and be supported by, other shrubs. 



