ROSA 



ROSA 



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17. gallica, Linn. Upright shrub, with creeping root- 

 stock, rarely attaining 5 ft. high: sts. usually densely 

 covered with prickles and bristles: Ifts. 3-5, leathery, 

 broadly oval or ovate, rounded at base, usually doubly 

 serrate with glandular teeth, rugose above, pubescent 

 beneath, deflexed, 1-2 in. long; rachis glandular-pu- 

 bescent and often prickly: fls. on rather stout, upright, 



3442. Rosa centifolia var. muscosa. 

 Moss rose. (X J) 



glandular-hispid and bristly pedicels, deep pink to 

 crimson, 2-3 in. across; receptacle glandular-hispid: fr. 

 subglobose or turbinate, brick-red. June. Cent, and S. 

 Eu., W. Asia. G.W.H. 1:89. 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. incarnata, Rehd. (R. incarndta, Boreau, not 

 Mill.). Lfts. narrower, elliptic-ovate to elliptic-oblong: 

 rachis not prickly; flowering branches unarmed: fls. 

 large, pale crimson, solitary: fr. ovoid. B.M. 7035. Var. 

 macrantha, Hort., similar to the preceding, but fls. pale 

 pink, finally white. Gn. 52:464. G. 29:417. R.H. 

 1901:548. Var. officinalis, Thory (R. provincialis, 

 Mill. Var. plena, Regel), is like the typical form but 

 with double fls. W.R. 121. 



Var. versicolor, Thory. ROSA MUNDI; also YORK AND 

 LANCASTER ROSE. Petals striped white and red. W.R. 

 110. Red. Ros. (2:16, 12). Var. pftmila, Braun (R. 

 austnaca, Crantz). Dwarf form, with creeping root- 

 stock: fls. red, single. Red. Ros. (2:17, 2). 



18. centifdlia, Linn. (R. gallica var. centifolia, 

 Regel). CABBAGE ROSE. Closely allied to the preced- 

 ing species. Rootstock less creeping: prickles stouter: 

 Ifts. usually 5, pubescent on both sides or only beneath, 

 larger and thinner; rachis not prickly: fls. usually pink, 

 very double, on long and slender pedicels, nodding, 

 fragrant; petals inflexed; sepals persistent. June, July. 

 E. Caucasus. W.R. 115. G. 1:340. Of this rose the 

 double-flowered form only is in cult., known already to 

 the ancients. Var. muscosa, Ser. (R. muscosa, Ait.). 

 Moss ROSE. Fig. 3442. Fls. rose, with peduncles and 

 calyx glandular-mossy. B.M. 69. Gn. 18:84. G.W. 

 7, p. 125. Var. albo-muscdsa, WiUmott. Like the 

 preceding, but fls. white. B.R. 102. W.R. 117. Var. 

 cristata, Prevost, has the mossy excrescences con- 

 fined to the edges of the sepals. B.M. 3475. G.W. 7, 



p. 125. W.R. 118. Var. pompdnia, Lindl. (R. pulchella, 

 Willd. R. dijonensis, Roessig). POMPON ROSE. Dwarf 

 form: Ifts. elliptic, glabrous above, about 1 in. long: fls. 

 double, bright red, 1J^ in. across; pedicels densely 

 setose. W.R. 119. Var. parvifdlia, Rehd. (R. parvi- 

 fdlia, Ehrh. R. burgundiaca, Roessig). BURGUNDIAN 

 ROSE. Similar to the preceding, but smaller: Ifts. Yr- 

 %in. long: fls. about 1 in. across; pedicels slightly setose. 

 B.R. 452. W.R. 120. Numerous spontaneous hybrids 

 are known. From this with its varieties, and R. 

 damascena, the Hybrid Perpetual OP Remontant roses 

 have originated by hybridizing with R. chinensis and 

 its forms. 



19. damascena, Mill. (R. bifera, Pers. R. calendd- 

 rum, Borkh.). DAMASK ROSE. Attaining 5 ft.: sts. 

 usually with numerous stout and hooked prickles, some- 

 times mixed with glandular bristles: Ifts. usually 5, 

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

 cent beneath, 1-2 J^ in. long; stipules scarcely dilated, 

 sometimes pectinate; petioles prickly: fls. usually corym- 

 bose, double, red, pink or white, sometimes striped ; pedi- 

 cels and receptacles glandular-hispid; sepals deciduous, 

 reflexing during flowering-time: fr. obovate. June, July, 

 and again in autumn. Red. Ros. (2:16, 6). W.R. 124. 

 Origin unknown: intro. to Eu. from Asia Minor in the 

 16th century. Var. trigintipetala, Dieck, with semi- 

 double red ds., is considered to be the rose chiefly cult. 

 in S. E. Eu. for the manufacturing of attar. Gt. 38, 

 p. 129. G.C. 111.7:45. 



20. alba, Linn. Upright shrub, becoming 6 ft. high: 

 sts. with scattered hooked prickles and sometimes with 

 bristles: Ifts. usually 5, broadly ovate or broadly elliptic, 

 serrate, pubescent beneath, 1-2 in. long: upper stipules 

 dilated: fls. more or less double, usually several, white, 

 fragrant; pedicels glandular-hispid; receptacle usually 

 smooth: fr. ovate, scarlet. June. Origin unknown, 

 probably hybrid of R. gallica and R. dumetorum. Var. 

 rubicunda, Roessig (R. incarnata, Mill. R. alba var. 

 incarndta, Pers.). Fls. double, white tinged with pink. 

 W.R. 137. 



21. francofurtana, Muenchh. (R. turbindta, Ait.). 

 Upright shrub, attaining 6 ft.: sts. with straight or 

 hooked prickles: flowering branches almost unarmed: 

 Ifts. 5-7, oval, serrate, pubescent beneath; upper stip- 

 ules much dilated: fls. 1-3, single or double, purple, 2-3 

 in. across, slightly fragrant; pedicels and receptacle 

 glandular-hispid only at the base; sepals erect after 

 flowering, entire or nearly so: fr. turbinate. June. 



3443. Rosa palustris (XH)- No. 28. 



