ROSA 145 



or pinkish, flower 3-4 cm. across; sepals persistent and erect in fruit, hip 

 globular, black : spinosissima, most spiny. 



Native of northern Eurasia, from Iceland to China. The typical form 

 is cultivated as a flowering shrub and a semidouble white-flowered form is 

 much grown in Minnesota. It is perfectly hardy, blooming in late May 

 and June. 



Rosa gallica Linne 1753 Rose 



Low bush with stems 1 m. or less high, prickles unequal, scattered, 

 slender, straight; leaves with 3-7 leaflets, leaflets thick, somewhat rugose, 

 simply serrate, dull green and smooth above, paler, smooth or somewhat 

 pubescent beneath, tip usually rounded, base rounded, the upper leaflets 

 1.5-4 cm. long, 1-3 cm. wide, petioles hairy and somewhat glandular, 

 stipules somewhat dilated, thin; flowers solitary or in small clusters, 

 pedicels glandular, receptacles somewhat prickly, sepals 2-3 cm. long, 

 glandular, the outer ones with lateral lobes, petals red or pinkish, flower 

 5 cm. or more across ; sepals inflexed and finally deciduous in fruit, hip 

 dark red, almost globose : gallica, French, from its native country. 



Native of southwestern Europe, established in the eastern United 

 States. This rose is the parent of many garden varieties, some of which 

 like the pale pink "blush rose" are the only large-flowered garden roses 

 which are truly hardy in Minnesota. 



Rosa centifolia Linne 1753 Cabbage Rose 



Bush, 5 dm. -1.5 cm. high, stems green, prickles unequal, stout, hooked; 

 leaves with 5-7 leaflets, leaflets thick and sharply serrate, nearly smooth 

 on both faces, tip usually pointed, base rounded, upper leaflets 4-5 cm. 

 long, 2.5-3 cm. wide; petioles glandular; stipules somewhat dilated, 

 glandular; flowers solitary or in small clusters, fragrant, pedicels glan- 

 dular, receptacles smooth or somewhat prickly, sepals 2.5 cm. long, 

 glandular, the tips expanded and leafy with many lateral lobes, petals 

 very numerous, pink, flower 8 cm. across ; fruit seldom formed, sub- 

 globose, orange red : centifolia, hundred-leaved. 



Rosa centifolia L. var muscosa Seringe 1818, Moss Rose, 

 whole plant more prickly and glandular. The glandular pubescence i« 

 particularly noticeable on the pedicels, receptacles, and large sepals. 



The cabbage rose is a double pink rose of ancient and unknown origin, 

 sometimes regarded as a variety of Rosa gallica L., sometimes as 

 a distinct species. The type and the moss varieties of various colors are 



