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appendicled, spreading. Fruit oblately globose, a little hispid or glabrous, 

 scarlet. (Dec. Prod.) An erect shining leaved shrub. North America, 

 from New York to Carolina; near Boston, in bogs, and on the edges of 

 marshes; and in Newfoundland. Height 4 ft. to 6 ft. Introduced in 1724. 

 Flowers red, overtopped by the leaves and young branches ; June to August. 

 Fruit bright red ; ripe in October. 



A handsome species, on account of its shining foliage, and one which is 

 very hardy ; but the flowers have a very disagreeable smell. 



j 7. R. NI'TIDA W. The glossy-leaved Rose. 



Identification. Willd. Enum., 544. ; Lindl. Rosar. Monog., p. 13. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 603. ; Don's 



Mill., 2. p. 565. 



Synonymcs. II. Redutea rufescens Thory in Red. Ros. 1 . p. 103. ic. ; the dwarf Labrador Rose 

 Engravings. Lindl. Rosar. Monog., p. 13. t. 2. ; Redoute Ros. 



1. p. 103. ic. ; and our Jig. 557. 



Spec. Char., #c. Dwarf and reddish in aspect. 

 Stem and branches almost covered with slender, 

 rather equal, prickles. Leaflets 59, rather 

 rigid, lanceolate, glossy. Stipules large, finely 

 serrated, extending as far as to the leaflets. 

 Flowers red. Peduncle bristly. Sepals spread- 

 ing. Fruit bristly, shining, and scarlet. (Dec. 

 Prod.) A shrub beset with straight red spines. 

 Newfoundland. Height 2 ft. to 3 ft. Introduced 

 in 1807. Flowers deep red; June to August. 

 Fruit depressed, spherical, bright scarlet ; ripe 

 in September. 



This is an interesting plant, from its dwarf 

 stature, its abundant reddish prickles, its glossy 

 leaves, its flowers, and its fruit. 



j* 8. R. RA^PA Rose. The Turnip-/rW Rose. 



Identification. Bosc Diet. d'Agric. ; Lindl. Rosar, Monog., p. 15. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 602. ; Don't 



Mill., 2. p. 565. 

 Symmymes. II. ttirgida Pers. Ench. 2. p. 49. ; R. /raxini- 



f olia Dumont in Cours. Rot. Cult. 



Engravings. Red. and Thor. Ros., 2. p. 7. ic. ; and our 

 fig. 55S. 



Spec. Char., $r. Taller than R. lucida, and 

 spreading. Branches without prickles. Leaf- 

 lets oblong, undulate, shining. Fruit hemi- 

 spherical. Closely allied to R. lucida, of 

 which it is very likely a variety. (Dec. Prod.) 

 Petals always multiplied, smaller than those 

 of R. lucida; bright red. Fruit deep red. 

 Sepals compound. A tall straggling bush. 

 North America, in the warmer states. 

 Height 3 ft. to 4 ft. Introduced ?. Flowers 

 double, bright red; June to August. Fruit 

 deep red ; ripe in October. 



Only known in its double-flowered state 

 in British gardens, where it is a freely growing 

 hardy plant, with large double flowers. 



J, 9. R. PARVIFLO^RA Ehrh. 



558. R.Rhp*. 



The small-flowered, or Pennsylvania^ Rose. 



Identification. Ehrh. Beitr., 4. p. 21.; Don's Mill., 2. p. 565. 



Synom/mes. R. humilis Marsh Arb. 136. ; R. carolinitina Mich. Fl. Bar. Amer. 1 p 295. 



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Carolina yet% Ait. Hort.Kew. ed. 2. vol.3, p. 260.; Pennsylvania!! Rose, LOUT. Ros. t. 3.' and 

 t. 60., and of the nurseries. 

 Engraving. Smith Insect. Georg., 1. p. 49. t- 25. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Dwarf. Stipules linear. Prickles acicular. Leaflets lan- 

 ceolate, smoothish, sharply serrated. Calyxes clammy. Flowers usually 



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