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2154. Baltimore Belle Rose— Rosa setigera {X%). No. 4. 



Section IV. Banksi^. Contains one Chinese species 

 with climbing, sparingly prickly or unarmed stems: 

 stipules quite free, subulate, caducous: sepals entire, 

 reflexed after flowering, caducous. 



14. Bdnksiae, R. Br. Banks' Rose. Climbing to 20 ft., 

 evergreen: Ifts. 3-5, sometimes 7, elliptic-ovate to ob- 

 long-lanceolate, acute or obtusish, finely serrate, shin- 

 ing, glabrous except at the base of midrib beneath: fls. 

 on slender, smooth pedicels in many-fid. umbels, yellow 

 and single in the typical form, about 1 in. across, 

 slightly fragrant. May, June. S. China. B.M. 7171.— 

 Var. alba-plena has double white fls. B.M. 1954. B.R. 

 5:397. Var. lutea-plena has the fls. double yellow. 

 B.R. 13:1105. 



15. Fortuned.na, Lindl., is a hybrid of li. Banksice 

 and R. Iwvigata. Climbing slirub, with sparingly 

 prickly stems: Ifts. .3-5: fls. large, double, white, on 

 hispid pedicels. P.F.G. 2, p. 71. 



Section V. Gallics. Contains only one very variable 

 species, native of Utirope and W. Asia. Low, upright 

 shrub; the stems ivith usually hooked prickles 

 mixed with bristles: fls. few and often with narrow 

 bracts or solitary on a usually bractless pedicel: 

 sepals reflexed after flowering, caducous, the outer 

 ones pinnate; upper stijniles not dilated. 



A. Lffs. doubly and glandular serrated. Gallica 

 AA. Lfts. simply serrate, not glandular. 



Suppiosed hybrids of li. Gallica. . .17. Damascena 



18. alba 



19. turbinata 



16. G&llica, Linn. Upright shrub, rarely attaining 

 5 ft. high: lfts. 3-5, broadly oval or ovate, rounded at 

 base, usually doubly serrate with glandular teetli, ru- 

 gose above, pubescent beneath, deflexed, 1-2 in. long; 

 rachis ghuidular-pubescent and often prickly: fls. on 

 rather stout, upright, glandular-hispid and bristly pedi- 

 cels, deep pink to crimson, 2-3 in. across; receptacle 

 glandular-hispid: fr. subglobose or ovate, brick-red. 

 June. M. and S. Eu., W. Asia. — The following are the 

 most important forms: Var. Agatha, Thory. With 

 rather small, very double purple fls., the outer petals 

 spreading, the inner ones concave. Red. Ros. (2:17, 

 17-21). Var. incarn^ta, Voss (B. incarndta. Mill.). 

 Lfts. narrower, elliptic-ovate: rachis not prickly : flow- 

 ering branches unarmed: fls. large, paUi crimson, soli- 

 tary : fr. ovoid. B.M. 7035. Var. macrdntha.llort., sim- 

 ilar to the preceding, but fls. pale pink. Gn. 52:1148. 

 Var. officinalis, Thory (B. provincial is. Mill. Var. 

 pUna, Regcl), is the typical form but with doubleTfls. 



Var. ptimila, Jacq. (B. Austriaca, Crantz). Dwarf form, 

 with creeping rootstock: fls. red, single. Red. Ros. 

 (2:17, 2). Var. centifolia, Regel (B. centifoUa, Linn.). 

 Cabbage Rose. Lfts. usually 5, pubescent on both 

 sides or only beneath, larger and thinner; rachis not 

 prickly: fls. on longer and more slender pedicels, nod- 

 ding, fragrant; petals intiexed. June, July. This Rose 

 has been usually considered as a distinct species, but is 

 without doubt only a form of B. Gallica, originated in 

 cultivation. It has not been found wild, except with 

 double fls., probably escaped from gardens. The follow- 

 ing are forms of the Cabbage Rose: Var. muscosa, S6r. 

 (R. muscosa, Ait.). Moss Rose. Fig. 2157. Fls. rose or 

 white, with peduncles and calyx glandular-mossy. B.R. 

 2:102. B.M. 09. Gn. 18:242. Var. cristata, Curt., is 

 similar, but the sepals are doubly and incisely lobed: 

 fls. rose-colored, large. B.M. 3475. Var. pomponia, 

 Nouv. Dub. {B. pompottia, DC). Dwarf form, with 

 small Ivs. and small double fls., about 134 in. across, 

 varying from white to red. B. Burgund\aca, Pers., B. 

 Dijonensis, Roessig, B. pulchella, Willd., and B. par- 

 vifolia, Ehrh., belong here. From B. Gallica, with its 

 varieties, and B. Damascena, the Hybrid Perpetual or 

 Remontant Roses have originated by hybridizing with 

 B. Chinensis and its forms. 



17. Damascena, Mill. (B. bifera, Pers. B. calendd- 

 rum, Borkh.). Damask Rose. Attaining 5 ft.: stems 

 usually with numerous stout and hooked prickles, some- 

 times mixed with glandular bristles: lfts. usually 5, 

 sometimes 7, ovate-oblong, serrate, more or less pubes- 

 cent beneath, 1-234 in. long; stipules sometimes pecti- 

 nate; petioles prickly: fls. usually corymbose, double, 

 red, pink or white, sometimes striped; pedicels and re- 

 ceptacles glandular-hispid: fr. obovate. June, July, 

 and again in autumn. Origin unknown ; introduced to 

 Europe from Asia Minor in the sixteenth century.— Var. 

 trigintip6tala, Dieck, with semi-double red fls., is con- 

 sidered to be the Rose chiefly cultivated in southeast 

 Europe for the manufacturing of attar. Gt. 38, p. 129. 

 G.C. III. 7:45. 



2155. Rosa 'Wichuraiana (X 34)- See No. 5. 



18. Alba, Ijinn. Upright shrub, becoming 6 ft. high: 

 stems with scattered hooked prickles and sometimes 

 with bristles: lfts. usually 5, broadly ovate, serrate, 

 pubescent beneatli, 1-2 in. long; upper stipules dilated: 



