1550 



EOSA 



ROSA 



crimson fls. A.G. 16:233. Hybrids with B. setigera and 

 B. Wichiiraiana have also been raised. 



3. Watsoniina, Cr^p. Deciduous shrub, with sarmen- 

 tose or recurving branches: Ifts. 3-5, linear-lanceolate, 

 with entire wavy margin, pubescent beneath, \-2% in. 

 long: fls. in many-fld. pyramidal corymbs, 3^ in. across 

 or less, white; style glabrous: fr. small. June, July. 

 R.B. 14, p. 183. G.F. 3:477. -A very curious Rose of 

 unknown origin, supposed to have been introduced from 

 Japan, but not known in a wild state. Not quite hardy 

 north. 



4. setigera, Michx. Prairie Rose. Figs. 2152-4. 

 Shrub with prickly branches attaining 6 ft., with long 

 and slender recurving or climbing branches: Ifts. 3-5, 

 oblong-ovate to lanceolate, shortly acuminate, serrate, 

 tomentose beneath, 1-3 in. long: fls. in rather few- 

 fld. corymbs, deep rose, fading to whitish, about 2 in. 

 across, almost scentless : pedicels and receptacle glandu- 

 lar-hispid; style glabrous: fr. globular, Js in. across. 

 June, July. From Ontario and Wis. to Tex. and Fla. 

 Mn. 8:05. G.F. 10:323. A.G. 13:196, 197; 16:229. Gng. 

 1:325. M.D.G. 1900:423.-Var. tomentosa, Gray (B. 

 rubifolia, R. Br.). Lvs. more tomentose beneath: 

 corymbs with more, btit smaller fls. A valuable hardy 

 climbing Rose. Several varieties with double fls. are in 

 cultivation ; some are probably hybrids with B. arvensis, 

 multiflora, and other species. 



5. Wichurai^na, Crepin (i?. bractedta, Hort., not 

 Wendl.). Memorial Rose. Fig. 2155. Half-evergreen 

 shrub with prostrate and creeping branches : Ifts. 

 roundish or broadly obovate, usually obtuse, serrate, 

 glabrous, shining above, yi-% in. long: corymbs few- 

 fld. or many-fld., pyramidal: fls. white, fragrant, lJ^-2 

 in. across; styles pubescent; pedicels slightly glandu- 

 lar-hispid: fr. ovoid, to ^^ in. high. July-Sept. Japan. 

 B.M. 7421 (as E. Luciw). G.F. 4:569; 6:.337. G.C. III. 

 22:99. R.H. 1898:105, 106. M.D.G. 1898:580-585.-A 

 handsome Rose for covering banks and rockeries. A 

 number of hybrids, especially with Hybrid Tea Roses, 

 have been raised. G.F. 6:337. Mn. 8, p. 27, 156. Gng. 

 6:353-355. Var. rilbra, Andr4, with single carmine fls., 

 1/^-2 in. across, and the lvs. with 5-7, somewhat larger 

 Ifts., is a hybrid of B. Wichiiraiana and B. multiflora, 

 var. Crimson Rambler. R.H. 1901, p. 20. 



6. semp^rvirens, Linn. Evergreen shrub with long 

 and slender sarmentose, somewhat reddish branches: 



Ifts. 5-7, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, serrulate, gla- 

 brous, shining above, %-2 in. long: fls. in few-fld. 

 corymbs white, to 2 in. across, slightly fragrant ; 



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?.1S1. Crimson Rambler Rose. See No. 2. 



3152. Rosa setigera (X nearly V-i). See No. 4. 



pedicels glandular -hispid ; style usually pubescent: fr. 

 subglobose or ovoid, orange-red. June, July. S. Eu- 

 rope, N. Afr. B.R. 6:465.— Var. prostrilta, Nichols. {B. 

 pros/rd/a, Lindl.). Lfts. smaller, oval, acute : fr. ovoid. 

 Var. scdndens, Nichols. {B. scdtidens, Mill.). Lfts. ob- 

 long or oval, obtuse: fr. subglobose. There are some 

 double-fld. garden forms, probably hybrids with other 

 climbing Roses. Less hardy than the preceding and the 

 following. 



7. arv6nsls, Huds. (B. ripens. Scop. B. silvSstris, 

 Herrm.). Deciduous shrubs, with sarmentose or creep- 

 ing stems : lfts. usually 7, ovate to ovate - elliptic, 

 acute, serrate, dull above, glabrous or slightly pubes- 

 cent beneath, rather thin, %-l}4 in. long: fls. in few-fld. 

 corymbs, sometimes solitary, white, scentless, 1/^-2 in. 

 across; style glabrous: fr. ovoid. June, July. Europe. 

 B.M. 2054. 



Var. capreol&,ta, Neill. Ayrshire Rose. Lfts. usu- 

 ally 5, larger: fls. double, white to deep pink. It may 

 be a hybrid with B. Galtica. Hardy. 



8. moscMta, Mill. (B. Brunbni, Lindl.). Musk Rose. 

 Deciduous shrub with sarmentose or climbing branches: 

 lfts. 5-7, oval or oblong, mostly acuminate, serrulate, 

 usually pubescent beneath, 1-2)4 in. long: fls. white, 

 fragrant with the odor of musk, lJ^-2 in. across, single 

 or double; styles pubescent: fr. ovate, small. July. S. 

 Asia, Abyssinia. B.R. 10.829. F.S. 4:366-367. B.M. 

 4030. — Naturalized in some localities in Ala. in a form 

 with rather broad, acute or obtusish lvs. Var. Abyssin- 

 ica, Cr^p. (B. Abijssinica, Lindl.). More prickly: flow- 

 ering branchlets .shorter; inflorescence more compact; 

 sepals with smaller lobes. Var. Leschenaiiltii, Cn^p. {B. 

 Leschenaultii, Wight & Arn.). Fls. larger, in few-fld. 

 corymbs; pedicels and receptacle glandular-hisi)id. B. 

 Pissdrdii, Oarr., a vigorous-growing Rose witli numer- 

 ous white fls., figured in R.H. 1880, p. 314, 315, is also 

 a form of the ]\Iusk Kose. Several hybrids are known; 

 the most important is 7i'. Noisettiana (See No. 12). The 

 Musk Rose is a hatidsome free-flowering climbing Rose, 

 but is not hardy north. 



