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in winter. Of various modes of propagation tried with this rose, the only 

 one that has succeeded is to sever the suckers from the main plant, and then 

 allow them to remain undisturbed for several months, to form roots before 

 taking them from the soil. So distinct is this from all other roses, that it 

 was, in 1829, made into a separate genus by Lindley under the name of Lowea 

 berberifolia. 



R. HARDll, Cels, is a hybrid between R. simplicifolia and some other 

 species, probably R. clinophylla. It first appeared in the Jardin de Luxem- 

 bourg, Paris, in 1836. Leaves composed of from one to seven narrowly obovate 

 leaflets, toothed, smooth on both surfaces, stipular. Flowers 2 ins. across, 

 petals yellow with an orange spot at the base of each ; calyx-tube downy, 

 but with few prickles. It wants much the same treatment as R. simplicifolia 

 in regard to warmth and sunshine and perfect root-drainage, but is hardier 

 and more amenable to cultivation. 



R. SOULIEANA, Crepin. PERE SOULIE'S ROSE. 

 (Bot. Mag., t. 8158.) 



A very robust shrub, up to 10 or 12 ft. high, forming an impenetrable 

 tangle of branches wider than it is high. Shoots 10 to 12 ft. long are made 

 in a year on young vigorous plants; formidably armed with pale spines, which 

 are compressed, decurved, scattered irregularly on the shoots. Leaves 2^ to 

 4 ins. long, grey-green, composed of seven or nine leaflets, which are oval or 

 obovate, \ to I in. long, finely and simply toothed, perfectly smooth on both 

 surfaces except on the midrib, which, like the common stalk, is more or less 

 downy. Flowers yellowish white, i^ ins. diameter, produced abundantly in 

 July on branching corymbs 4 to 6 ins. across; stalk slender, and, like the 

 calyx-tube, glandular; styles united; sepals attenuated, downy. Fruit orange- 

 red, egg-shaped, \ in. long, \ in. wide, with the sepals fallen away. 



Native of W. China; sent to Kew in 1899 by Mr Maurice de Vilmorin, who 

 had raised it from Chinese seed three years before. It is one of the most 

 robust of all roses, and well adapted for the wild garden, where it can have 

 unlimited room, and never be touched with the knife. In such a spot it is 

 striking all the summer because of its luxuriant grey-green foliage, but 

 especially in July when in flower, and in autumn when the fruits have coloured. 



R. SPINOSISSIMA, LinnCBUS. SCOTCH or BURNET ROSE. 

 (R. pimpinellifolia, Linnaus ; R. scotica, Miller.) 



A dwarf bush with creeping roots, rarely more than 3 or 4 ft. high in the 

 typical state, with erect, short-branched stems covered with slender spines 

 and stout bristles intermixed. Leaves closely set on the branches, I to 2i ins. 

 long, composed of five, seven, or nine leaflets, which are round or oval, or 

 broadly obovate; j to ^ in. long, simply toothed, deep green, and quite 

 smooth. Flowers i^ to 2 ins. across, white or pale pink, solitary; stalk and 

 calyx-tube smooth, sometimes bristly. Fruit dark brown, finally blackish, 

 globose, ^ to | in. wide, crowned with the sepals. 



Very "widely spread in Europe and N. Asia; found also in Britain, 

 frequently on dry hills, often near the sea. It is the parent of the group of 

 garden roses known as " Scotch," as well as the type of a botanical group of 

 species the PIMPINELLIFOLIA characterised chiefly by the numerous 

 slender straight prickles of unequal- size on the stems. In gardens the species 

 gives place as a rule to its numerous and variable progeny, some of which are 

 very beautiful in their single or double deep rose, white striped with rose, 

 or yellow flowers. Of their abundance an estimate can be made from the fact 



