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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM B KITANN1CUM. 



et 28. R. SABI'N/ Woods. Sabine's Rose. 



Identification. Woods in Lin. Trans., 12. p. 188. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 569. 

 Engravings. Borr. in Eng. Bot. Suppl., t. 2595. ; and our <ig. 578. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Peduncles, calyx, fruit, and branches 

 bristly. Prickles scattered, straightish. Leaflets 

 doubly serrated, nearly smooth, with hairy ribs. Se- 

 pals pinnate. (Don's Mill.) Flower stalks rather 

 aggregate. Petals fine red. Fruit ovate, bright scarlet. 

 An upright branchy shrub. Native of Scotland, near 

 Dunkeld ; of England, in Cumberland, Northumber- 

 land, and Yorkshire. Height 5ft. to 8 ft. Flowers 

 red ; July. Fruit bright scarlet ; ripe in September. 



Variety. A plant in the Horticultural Society's Garden is named R. S. gracilis. 

 $ 29. 7?. DOXIA^NA Woods. Don's Rose. 



Identification. Woods in Lin. Trans., 12. p. 185. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 570 

 Synonyme. R. Sablnz ft Lindl. Ros. p. 59. 

 Engravings- Eng. Bot. Sup., t. 2601. ; and our Jig. . r >79. 



Spec. Char., $c. Peduncles bractless, bristly, as well 

 as the globular fruit and calyx. Stem bristlv and 

 prickly, like the downy petioles. Leaflets elliptical, 

 doubly and sharply serrated, hairy on both sides. 

 Petals spreading. (Don's Mill.) Segments of the 

 calyx simple. A large shrub. Highlands of Scot- 

 land, particularly on the mountains of Clova, Angus- 

 shire. Height 4ft. to 5ft. Flowers pink; June 

 and July. Fruit red ; ripe in September. 



Variety. There is a variety in the Hort. Soc. Garden, 

 called R. D. horrida ; and Dr. Lindley remarks that 

 R. Wilsom Borr. (Eng. Bot. Supp. t. 2723.), R. 

 Sabimana, and R. involuta are all some of the endless varieties of R. 

 mollis, our R. villosa, No. 35. (Comp. Bot. Mag., i. p. 189.) 

 This rose was named in honour of Mr. Don of For far. 



v. Centifblue Lindl. 



Derivation. From centum, a hundred, and folium, a leafj because the species contained in this 

 section agree in character with the hundred-leaved rose, which is so double as to seem to have a 

 hundred petals. 



Sect. Char., fyc. Shrubs all bearing bristles and prickles. Peduncles brac- 

 teate. Leaflets oblong or ovate, wrinkled. Disk thickened, closing the 

 throat. Sepals compound. This division comprises the portion of the 

 genus 7?6sa which has most particularly interested the lover of flowers. It 

 is probable that the earliest roses of which there are any records of being 

 cultivated belonged to this section ; but, to which particular species those 

 of Cyrene or Mount Pangaeus are to be referred, it is now too late to enquire. 

 The attar of roses, which is an important article of commerce, is either 

 obtained from roses belonging to this division indiscriminately, as in the 

 manufactory at Florence, conducted by a convent of friars ; or from some 

 particular kind, as in India. (Don's Mill., ii. p. 571. adapted.) Decidu- 

 ous bushes, generally erectish ; natives of Syria, Caucasus, and Middle of 

 Europe. 



j& 30. R. DAMASCE V NA Mill. The Damascus, or Damask, Rose. 



Identification. Mill. Diet, No. 15. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 571. 



Synonymes. R. belgica Mill. Diet. No. 17. ; R. calendSrum Munch. Hausv. ex Bork. Holz. 330., 



Ros'sig^ Ros. t. 8. and t. 33. ; R. bffera Potr. Suppl. 6. p. 276., Red. Ros. ]. p. 107. and p. 121. ; 



Rose 5 quatre Saisons. 

 Engravings. Redout. Ros., 1. t. 58.; our fig. 580. of R. d. cocci'nea; and our fig. 581. of R. d. sub- 



Spcc. Char t , $c. Prickles unequal, larger ones falcate. Sepals reflexed 



