ROSA 435 



At Ke\v a plant has spread through and over a holly 30 ft. high, and when 

 in blossom the flowers are particularly effective against the dark glossy green 

 leaves of its companion. The musky odour of the flowers is very faint. 



Var. FLORE PLENO has double flowers, and shorter, broader leaves. It is 

 not so vigorous a plant as the type. 



Var. NEPAULENSIS (R. nepaulensis, Andrews' Roses, t. 82) has pale yellow 

 flowers, and dull green, downy foliage. 



Var. PISSARDII (R. Pissardii, Carriere). A variety or ally of moschata 

 with pink-tinged flowers, and with leaflets not downy beneath. Introduced 

 from Persia about 1879. 



R. MOYESII, Hemsley and Wilson. 



(Bot. Mag., t. 8338.) 



A shrub 6 to 10 ft. high, of sturdy habit ; stems erect, armed with stout, 

 pale, scattered, broad-based spines, very abundant on the barren shoots, the 

 lower part of which is also abundantly furnished with fine needle-like 



ROSA MOYESII. 



prickles. Flowering shoots much less prickly. Leaves 3 to 6 ins. long, with 

 from seven to thirteen leaflets, which are ovate to roundish oval, f to i^ ins. 

 long, simply or doubly toothed, smooth except on the midrib beneath, which 

 is downy and sometimes prickly, dark green above, pale or somewhat 

 glaucous beneath ; common stalk glandular and prickly. Flowers a lurid 

 dark red, 2 to i\ ins. across, mostly solitary or in pairs ; stalk and calyx-tube 

 glandular-bristly ; sepals I in. or more long, with expanded tips and a few 

 glands outside, downy inside. Fruits red, bottle-shaped, \\ ins. or more 

 long, crowned by the erect, persisting sepals, between which and the 'body of 

 the fruit is a distinct neck ; glandular-hairy towards the base. 



Native of W. China; first found about 1890 by Mr A. E. Pratt on the 

 Thibetan frontier, at 9000 ft. and over, and in 1903 by Wilson, who intro- 

 duced it to cultivation. It was first exhibited in flower by Messrs Veitch in 

 June 1908. It is perfectly hardy, and promises to be one of the most attractive 

 of wild roses, especially in the unique colour of its petals, although undoubtedly 

 closely allied to R. macrophylla. It is named after the Rev. J. Moyes, a 

 missionary in W. China. 



