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& 31. R. A 'LEA Lin. The common white Rose. 



Identification. Liu. Sp., 705. ; Laivr. Ros., t. 23. 25. 32. 



37.; GEd. Fl. Dan., t. 1215. : Rod. Ros., 1. p. 97. and 



p. 17. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 577. 

 Synonyme. R. usitatfssima Gat. Montavb. t. 94. 

 Engravings. Lawr. Ros., t. 23. 25. 32. 37. ; CEd. Fl. Dan., 



t. 1215. : Red. Ros., 1. p. 17. and p. 97. ; Gat. Montaub., 



t. 94. ; our fig. 588. of the species ; and fig. 589. of the 



double variety common in gardens. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaf- 

 lets oblong, glau- 

 cous, rather naked 

 above, simply ser- - 

 rated. Prickles 



straightish or fal- 

 cate, slender or 

 strong, without 

 bristles. Sepals pin- 

 nate, reflexed. Fruit 

 unarmed. (Don's 

 Mill.) A large 

 shrub. Piedmont, 



Denmark, France, and Saxony. Height 4 ft. to 10 ft. Introduced in 1597. 



Flowers large, either white, or of the most delicate blush colour, with a 



grateful fragrance ; June and July. Fruit oblong, scarlet, or blood-coloured ; 



ripe in September. 



Varieties. The garden varieties are very numerous ; and some of the most 

 beautiful are the double, semidouble, and single blush ; the celestial, a well- 

 known favourite ; the great, small, and cluster maiden's blush ; the double 

 thornless ; and the double, semidouble, and single white. The rose blanche 

 a "coeur vert, the bouquet blanc, and the blanche de la Belgique. are well- 

 known and beautiful varieties of this species. 



B. Natives of Europe and Britain. 

 Si 35. R. VILLO'SA Lin. The villous-leaved Rose. 



Identification. Lin: Sp., 704. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 576. 



Synonymes. R. mollis Smith in Eng. Bot. t. 2459. ; R. tomentosa j2 Lindl. 



Ros. p. 77 ; R. heterophylla Woods in Lin. Trans. 12. p. 195. ; R. pulchella 



Woods I c. p. 196. ; R. pomifera Herm. Diss. 16. 

 Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 2459. ; and our fig. 590. 



Spec'. Char., fyc. Leaflets rounded, bluntish, downy all over. 

 Fruit globose, rather depressed, partly bristly. Sepals 

 slightly compound. Branches without bristles. (Don's 

 Mill.) A rambling shrub. Europe, in hedges ; in Britain, 

 in bushy rather mountainous situations in Wales, Scot- 

 land, and the North of England. Height 5ft. to 6ft. 

 Flowers red or pink ; July. Fruit purple ; ripe Sept. 



Varieties. R. gracilis Woods, R. Sherardi Davies, R. syl- 

 vestris Lindl., are described in our first edition. 

 A very variable plant. (See No. 29. p. 332.) 



3fe 36. R. TOMENTOSA Smith. The tomentose, or 

 woolly-leaved, Rose. 



Identification. Smith Fl. Brit., 539.; Eng. Bot, 990.; Don's Mill., 



2. p. 576. 

 Synonymes. R. \\l\bsa. Ehrh. Arb. p. 45., DM Rot Harbk. 2. p. 341., 



Fl. Dan., t. 1458., R. mollissima Bork. Holz. p. 307. ; R. dQbia 



Wibel Wirth. p. 263. ; R. villbsa ft Iluds. 219. 

 Etigravings. Red. Ros., 2. p 39. and p. 88. ; Eng. Bot, 1 990. , 



and our fig. 591. 



Spec. Char., %c. Leaflets ovate, acute, more or less 

 downy. Fruit .elliptical, hispid. Sepals pinnate. 



