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which are to I in. long, oval or ovate, simply toothed, and, like the common 

 stalk, downy beneath. Flowers i in. or rather more across, with rounded, 

 overlapping, bright rosy petals ; they occur in clusters of as many as four or 

 five, but are sometimes solitary ; stalk smooth ; sepals ^ in. or more long 

 with expanded tips, very downy within. Fruit about the size of a pea, 

 globose, bright red, surmounted by the erect sepals. 



Native of Western N. America. An interesting and brightly coloured 

 rose, distinct in the tiny fruits. 



R. POMIFERA, Hermann. APPLE ROSE. 



(Bot. Mag., t. 7241 ; R. villosa, Linticeus in part.) 



A bush 4 to 6 ft. high, of sturdy habit; branches smooth or slightly hairy, 

 armed with scattered, slender, but broad-based prickles up to in. long. 

 Leaves 4 to 7 ins. long, with common stalks and stipules glandular and 

 downy. Leaflets five or seven, oblong or ovate, i to 2^ ins. long f to i ins. 

 wide ; doubly toothed, downy on both surfaces, especially beneath. Flowers 

 i to 2^ ins. across, deep rosy pink, produced in clusters of three to six or 

 more, each on a stalk covered thickly with glandular bristles like the calyx- 

 tube. Sepals i in. long, with long-tailed, pinnate lobes, very glandular-hairy. 

 Fruit pear-shaped or rounded, rich red, i to i| ins. long, and about i in. 

 wide, bristly and surmounted by the erect sepals. 



Native of Central Europe and occasionally found wild in Britain, but not 

 a true native. It is a remarkable rose, and, -when well cultivated, one of 

 the most striking, especially in the fruit, which is larger than that of any 

 other hardy rose. It appears to thrive exceptionally well in Gloucestershire, 

 where I have seen it in splendid condition in Lord Redesdale's garden at 

 Batsford, and with Canon Ellacombe. Its nearest allies are mollis and 

 tomentosa (q.v.\ 



[The R. villosa of Linnaeus included three species which probably are connected by 

 intermediate forms: R. pomifera, chiefly marked by its large leaflets and fruits, and 

 bristly character ; R. mollis, by its soft leaves and almost entire sepals erect in fruit ; 

 R. tomentosa, by its late ripening fruit and reflexed sepals falling when the fruit is ripe.] 



R. RUBELLA, Smith. 



A hybrid of natural origin between R. spinosissima and R. alpina, and 

 intermediate between them. It does not often exceed 4 or 5 ft. in height, 

 the erect stems covered with bristly prickles intermixed with which are a 

 few straight, slender spines. Leaflets five to nine, oval, | to in. long. 

 Flowers solitary, i^ to 2 ins. across, flushed more or less deeply with red ; 

 stalk glandular-bristly. Fruit pendulous, egg-shaped, red, f in. long, crowned 

 with the sepals. 



Native -of the Alps of Europe. It resembles the Scotch rose in the 

 armature of its stems and small leaves, but differs markedly in the drooping, 

 red, rather elongated fruit. It has been included in the English flora on 

 the strength of a supposed find on the coast of Durham. But as R. alpina is 

 not a native, this plant must have been introduced, or be an escape from 

 gardens. There is a series of hybrids between the Scotch and Alpine roses 

 in which R. rubella is 'about intermediate. Others are almost unarmed, like 

 alpina ; others are as prickly and bristly as spinosissima. 



R. RUBIGINOSA, Linnceus. SWEET- BRIAR, EGLANTINE. 



An erect bush with arching branches, 6 to 8 ft. high in gardens ; stems 

 and branches armed with numerous, scattered, hooked prickles. Leaflets 



