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THE UNIVERSAL HERBAL; 



ROS 



place not having been discovered. It rarely sends up suckers, 

 and when the branches are laid down, they are long before 

 they put out roots ; it is therefore frequently propagated by 

 budding it upon stocks of the other sorts; but the plants so 

 raised are less durable than those propagated by layers, which 

 is the method generally adopted. 



26. Rosa Moschata; Musk Rose. Fruits ovate, with the 

 peduncles villose; stem and petioles prickly; leaflets oblong, 

 acuminate, smootht; peduncles many-flowered. 'The flowers 

 are rather small, white, exceedingly numerous, in large ter- 

 minal panicles, and have a fine musky odour: they appear in 

 July and August, and continue in succession till the frost 

 stops them. It varies with double flowers. Said to be indi- 

 genous in Spain. See the first and nineteenth species. 



27. Rosa Rubrifolia; Red-leaved Rose. Fruits ovate, 

 with the peduncles smooth and glaucescent; petioles prickly; 

 stem with scattered uncinate prickles; leaflets oblong, finely 

 serrate, smooth ; flowers subcorymbed. The veins of the 

 leaves underneath are red. The stern, peduncles, and fruits, 

 are covered with a glaucous bloom. Native of the moun- 

 tains of Dauphiny, Switzerland, and Saltzburgh. 



28. Rosa Lagenaria; Bottle-fruited Rose. Fruits obovate, 

 smooth; peduncles and petioles glandular, hispid; stem un- 

 armed; leaflets oval, smooth. Native of Dauphiny, &c. 



29. Rosa Alpina ; Alpine Rose. Fruits ovate, smooth; 

 peduncles and petioles hispid; stem unarmed; flowers single, 

 bright, appearing at the beginning of May; and succeeded 

 by long, smooth, spear-shaped hips. They produce a second 

 crop of flowers about the end of August, which fall oft', and 

 are not succeeded by hips. Native of the Alps, Germany, 

 Piedmont, and Siberia. 



30. Rosa Pyrenaica ; Pyrenean Rose. Fruits ovate, with 

 the peduncles hispid, coloured; petioles hispid, prickly; 

 calices altogether leafy. Native of the Pyrenees, the Swiss 

 Alps, and the mountains of Silesia. 



31. Rosa Pendulina; Smooth Pendulous Rose. Unarmed: 

 fruits oblong, pendulous ; peduncles and petioles hispid ; 

 stem and branches smooth. It flowers earlier than other 

 Roses, namely, in May, and ripens its fruit in August. 

 Native of North America. 



32. Rosa Montana ; Mountain Rose. Fruits oblong, with 

 the peduncles hispid ; petioles prickly ; stipular, hooked 

 prickles on the stem; leaflets smooth, obovate, glandular, 

 serrate. Native of the mountains of Switzerland. 



33. Rosa Multiflora; Bramble-jflmvered Chinese Rose. 

 Fruits ovate, with the peduncles unarmed, villose ; stem and 

 petioles prickly. Native of Japan and China. It is hardy, 

 flowering in June and July, and a great acquisition to the gar- 

 dens, being a shrub of luxuriant growth, and easily trained to 

 a considerable height. The flowers are in clusters, the petals 

 pink. 



34. Rosa Canina; Dog Rose, Wild Briar, or Hip Tree. 

 Fruits ovate, with the peduncles smooth; prickles on the stem 

 hooked ; leaflets ovate-acuminate, very smooth ; branches 

 elongated, from upright spreading; petals obeordate, a little 

 remote, pale red, fainter towards the base, sometimes white, 

 sweet-scented. Native of Europe, in hedges and woods, 

 decorating them with its lively odorous flowers in the months 

 of June and July. From the flowers a perfumed water may 

 be distilled, which is said to be much more fragrant than that 

 from garden Roses. The leaves are recommended ns a sub- 

 stitute for Tea, giving out a fine colour, a subastringcnt taste, 

 and a grateful smell, when dried and infused in boiling water. 

 The fruit commonly known by the name of Hips, is agree- 

 able enoujrh when ripe and mellowed by the. frost : beaten 

 up with sugar, it makes a pleasant conserve, more used as 



a vehicle for other medicines than for any virtue of its own. 

 Care should be taken, in making this conserve, to remove all 

 the chaffy or prickly fibres or bristles with the seeds, which 

 will otherwise produce considerable irritation on the primse 

 vise. A mossy protuberance is common on various parts of 

 the Wild Rose, which is occasioned by an insect called 

 Cynips Rosa;. Birds seek after the fruit in winter, the phea- 

 sant especially being very fond of them. Its strong thorns 

 make it valuable for strengthening hedges. 



35. Rosa Tomentosa; Downy-leaved Doy Rose. Fruits 

 ovate, with the peduncles hispid ; prickles on the stem 

 hooked, leafless, ovate, tomentose on both sides. This agrees 

 in habit with the preceding species, except that the leaves are 

 pubescent all over, and have a subcinereous appearance; 

 petals whitish at the base, but the rest of a beautiful rose 

 colour. Not uncommon in hedges and thickets in England; 

 flowering in June and July. 



3<i. Rosa Collina ; Rough-stalked Dog Rose. Fruits ovate, 

 smoothish ; peduncles and petioles glandular, hirsute; stem 

 prickly. Tins very much resembles the Rosa Canina in 

 habit. Native of the hills of Austria. 



37. Rosa Parvifolia; Small-leaved Rose, Fruits ovate, 

 smoothish; peduncles glandular; petioles and stem with very 

 fine prickles; leaflets wrinkled, somewhat villose underneath, 

 ovate, glandular, serrate. This is a very small shrub, with 

 small flowers. Native of Europe. 



38. Rosa Semperflorens ; Deep-red China Rose. Fruits 

 oblong, with the peduncles hispid ; stem and petioles prickly, 

 hispid; leaves subternate, prickly ; flowers large in propor- 

 tion to the plants, semi-double, with great richness of colour, 

 (dark red) uniting a most delightful fragrance. They come 

 out in succession during the winter months. Native of China. 



39. Rosa Chinensis ; Pale China Rose. Fruits ovate, 

 with the peduncles smooth; petioles and stem prickly; leaf- 

 lets ovate-lanceolate, subternate, serrulate, smooth. This is 

 very nearly allied to the preceding, and perhaps may be only 

 a variety. Native of China. 



40. Rosa Indiea; Indian Rose. Fruits ovate, with the 

 peduncles smooth ; stem almost unarmed; petioles prickly. 

 Native of China and the East Indies. 



41. Rosa Longifolia ; Long-leaved Rose. Fruits ovate, 

 smooth; peduncles glandular-subaculeate ; stem almost un- 

 armed ; petioles prickly ; leaflets smooth, ovate-acuminate. 

 Native of the East Indies. 



42. Rosa Bracteata ; Bracted Rose. Fruits obovate ; 

 peduncles bracted, with the branchlets villose; stem and 

 petioles prickly; leaflets smooth, roundish, crenate, some- 

 what prickly. Flowers cream-coloured, fragrant, terminating, 

 solitary. Native of China. 



43. Rosa Alba; While Garden Rose. Fruits ovate, smooth; 

 peduncles hispid; stem and petioles prickly; leaflets round- 

 ish-ovate, sharply serrated, downy beneath. Parkinson de- 

 scribes two varieties of the White Garden Rose, one some- 

 times attaining the height of eight or ten feet, with a very 

 large stock, the other seldom higher than a Damask Rose. 

 Both have somewhat smaller and whiter green leaves than 

 many other Roses, five most usually in a stalk, and paler 

 underneath ; as also a whiter green bark armed with short 

 prickles. The flowers in the one are whitish with an eye of 

 blush, especially towards the bottom, very double, and for 

 the most part not opening so fully as the Red or Damask 

 Roses; in the_other, more whiteness, double, and opening 

 more. Some have only two or three rows of petals, and all 

 have little or no smell. It is nearly allied to Rosa Gattica. 

 Native of Europe, China, and Cochin-china. 



44. Kosa La-vigata Germina ovate, very hispid ; seg- 



