Il4r THE ROSE. 



Analysis. — We have in hand a sliruh, with woody stems, 



4 to 6 feet high — your own stature more or less. It is 

 beset Avith iwicldes. Mark their structure ; compare them 

 with the thorns of the thorn-apple, and note how they 

 differ. 



The Leaves are odd-pinnate, consisting of 5 to 9 (an odd 

 number) elliptical, serrate leaflets, with pinnate and reticu- 

 late veins. The 2 narrow stipules are adnate to the petiole. 



The I?^Jlo7'escence is in the form of a corymb — the 

 peduncle branching into unequal pedicels bearing the flow- 

 ers at about the same level. 



The 1^1071^ er may be cut vertically (1) for a better view 

 of the structure. The calyx tube is seen inclosing, but not 

 adhering to the 15 — 20 distinct, inferior (?) ovaries. The 



5 sepals are some or all of them tipped with a leaflet. The 5 

 quincuncial, hroad-ohcordate, rose-colored petals are inserted 

 with the CO perigynous stamens on the calyx tube. 



The F'7'uii, generally called a Mp (5, 6), is globular, 

 fleshy, red, inclosing (not adhering to) the 15 or more dis- 

 tinct bony achenia. The styles are persistent (3, 4). The 

 seed is anatropous, suspended from the upper part of the 

 cell (7, 8). 



The Double Rose. — In wild native plants double flower- 

 ing is extremely rare. Have you ever known an instance ? 

 This phenomenon seems to be an unnatural condition 

 induced and perpetuated by the art of the cultivato]'. Its 

 study reveals many secrets of nature's laAvs. In any col- 

 lection of Roses we find some single and- natural, some semi- 

 double, and some fully double. The 1st exhibits a corolla of 

 5 broad, equal petals, and a great number of stamens within 

 its enclosure. The 2d displays a 5-petaled corolla with 20 or 

 more narrow petals superadded, and in their midst a dimin- 

 ished number of stamens. The 3d shows a hundred petals 



