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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BR1TANNICUM. 



1 ft. Introduced in 1810. Flowers small, single or semidouble, pale 



blush ; April to November. 



The beautiful little plants called Fairy Roses, or Miniature Roses, in Rivers'* 

 Abridged List, are nearly all varieties 'of R. Lawrenceana ; and they are well 

 worthy of culture, from their extreme dwarfness (often flowering when not more- 

 than 6 in. high), and the beautiful colour of their 

 miniature rosebuds, the petals of which appear of a 

 much darker hue than those of the expanded 

 flower. Rivers enumerates five select varieties, of 

 which he says the Gloire des Lawrencianas is one of 

 the prettiest. 



_$ 52. R. SERI'CEA Lindl. The silky Rose. 



Identification. Lindl. Ros. Monog., p. 105. ; Don's Mill., 2. 

 Engravings. Lindl. Ros. Monog., t. 12. ; and our fig. 616. 

 Spec. Char.y $c. Prickles stipular, compressed. 



Leaflets? 11, oblong, obtuse, serrated at the 



apex, silky beneath. Flowers solitary, bractless. 



Sepals entire, ending in long points. (Don's Mill.) 



A shrub. Gossainthan. Height 4 ft. to 6 ft. 



Flowers Ppale red. Fruit in peduncles, naked. 



ix. Systylce Lindl. 



Derivation. From sun, together, and stulos, a stile 4 in reference to the styles being connected. 



Sect. Char. Styles cohering together into an elongated column. Stipules 

 adnate. The habit of this section is nearly the same as that of the last 

 division. The leaves are frequently permanent. (Don's Mill.) Deciduous, 

 evergreen, or sub-evergreen, and mostly climbing. Natives of Britain, 

 Middle Europe, Asia, Africa, and North America. 



A. Species Natives of Britain, and other Parts of Europe. 

 .1 Jc 53. R. SY'STYLA Sat. The connate-styled Rose. 



Identification. Bat. Fl. Main, et Loir. Suppl., 31. ; Don's Mill . 2. p. 582. 



Synonymes. R. colllna Smith in Eng. Bot. t. 1895. ; R. stylbsa Desv. Journ. Bot. 2. p. 317. ; 



R. brevistyla Dec. Fl. Fr. Suppl. p. 537. ; R. bibracte^ta Dec. 1. 



c. ; R. sy"styla ovata Lindl Ros. p. 111. 

 Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 1895. ; and our fig. 617. 



Spec. Char. t fyc. Shoots assurgent. Prickles strong, 

 hooked. Peduncles glandular. Sepals pinnate, 

 deciduous, Styles smooth. Floral receptacle 

 conical. (Don's Mill.) A rambling shrub. France 

 and England, in hedges and thickets ; common in 

 Sussex ; in the South of Scotland, on hills. Height 

 6ft. to 12ft. Flowers fragrant, pink or almost 

 white ; May to July. Fruit scarlet, ovate oblong. 



There are several varieties, but they do not differ 

 materially in appearance from the species. 



617. fi.sjstyla 



1 jc 54. R. ARVE'NSIS Huds. The Field Rose. 



Identification. Huds. Fl. Angl, e& 1. p. 192. ; Dec. Prod , 2. p. 596. 



Synonymes. R. sylvestris Hem. Diss. p. 10. ; R. scandens Mcench Weiss. PI. p. 118.; R. herpe- 



rhodon Ehrh. Beitr. 2. p. 69. ; R. Halleri Krok. Siles. 2. p. 150. ; R. fusca Mcench Meth. p. 688. ; 



R. serpens Ehrh. Arbor, p. 35. ; R. sempervlrens Rossig. Ros. ; R. repens Gmel. Fl. Bad. Als. 2. 



p. 418., Jacq. Fragm. p. 69. t. 104. ; R. rampans Reyn. Mem. Laus. 1. p. 69. t. 5. 

 Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 188. ; Bot. Mag., t. 2054. ; and our fig. 618. 



Spec. Char., $c. Shoots cord-like. Prickles unequal and falcate. Leaves de- 

 ciduous, and composed of 5 7 glabrous, or indistinctly ciliated, leaflets, glau- 

 cescent beneath. Stipules diverging at the tip. Flowers solitary or globose. 



