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A R. i. 10 ruga Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1389., 



and our Jig. 612., has double, blush chang- 



ging to white, sweet-scented flowers. It 



is a hybrid between R. i. odoratissima 



and R. arvensis, brought from Italy, 



where it was raised by Mr. Clare. It 



grows freely, making shoots 10 or 12 



feet long in a season. 

 & R. i. 1 1 ochroleuca Bot. Reg. has large 



cream-coloured flowers, deepening almost 



into jellow in the centre. It was intro- 

 duced by Mr. Parks in 1824, and appears 



to have been since lost. 

 & R. i. 12 flavesccns. This, Mr. Gordon 



assures us, is the true tea-scented yellow China Rose, and not the 



preceding variety, which is generally considered as such, and con- 

 founded with it. 

 * R. i. 13 Blaini D. Don in Swt. Brit. 



Fl. Gard. t. 405., and our fig. 613. 



Raised in 1830, by Mr. Blair, from 



seeds of the yellow China rose, which 



had been fecundated by the pollen of 



the Tuscan rose. A robust plant, 



remarkable for the size of its leaves 



and flowers. Petals purple, but yellow 



at the base, especially towards the 



centre of the flower. Fragrant, and a 



free flowerer. 



613. A. i. Blafrti. 



& 50. R. SEMPERFLO'RENS Curt. The everflowering China Rose. 



Identification. Curt. Bot. Mag., t. 284. ; Smith Exot. Bot., 2. p. 91. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 582. 

 *"*""'* R. diversifblia Vent. Cels. t. 35. ; R. bengalensis Pert. Encfi. 2. p. 50. ; R. indica Red. 



Synonymes. 



614. R. semperflorens. 



Ros. 1. p. 49. t 13. 

 Engravings. Law. Ros., t. 23.; N. Du Ham., vii. t. 18.; and 

 our fig. 614. of a double French variety. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Branches dark green, armed with 

 scattered, compressed, hooked prickles, and a 

 very few glands. An erectish sub-evergreen 

 shrub. Leaflets 3 5, ovate-lanceolate, crenate- 

 serrated, shining above, but glaucous and slightly 

 setigerous beneath. Sepals compound, narrow. 

 Fruit spherical. (Don's Mill.) China. Height 

 8ft. to 10ft. Introduced in 1789. Flowers 

 solitary, single, or semidouble, deep crimson; 

 April to November. Fruit red ; ripe September. 



There are some very splendid varieties of this 

 species, with semidouble crimson flowers. They 

 are all free growers, and abundant flowerers ; and 

 few plants are more ornamental 

 against the walls of a cottage. 



51. R. LAWRENCE^'AM Swt. Miss Lawrence's China Rose. 



Identification. Sweet Hort. Suburb. ; Lindl. Ros., p. 110. : Don's Mill., 2. 



p. 582. 

 Synonymes. R. semperflbrens minima Sims Bot. Mag. t. 1762. ; R. fndica 



var. a, acuminata Red. Ros. 1. p. 53. : R. indica Lawrence Red. Ros. 



2. p. 38. 

 Engravings. Red. Ros., 1. p. 53. ; and our fig. 615. 



Spec. Char. y fyc. Dwarf. Prickles large, stout, nearly 

 straight. Leaflets ovate acute, finely serrated. Petals 

 acuminated. (Dons Mill.) A low shrub. China. Height 615 K Iawreiu ., 



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