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ticularly chosen for drying. These however may be got 

 also from other kinds of Eoses. 



Rosa Indica, L. 



Noisette Eose. From Upper India to China and Japan. 

 Some Eoses of the sweetest scent are derived from this 

 species. 



Rosa laevigata, Michaux (R. Sinica, Aiton.) 



The Cherokee Eose. China and Japan. Considered one 

 of the best Hedge-roses, and for that purpose much employed 

 in North America. It serves also well for bowers. Allied 

 to the foregoing species. , 



Rosa moschata, Miller. 



North Africa and South Asia as far east as Japan. From 

 the flowers of this extremely tall climbing species also 

 essential oil is obtained. The Attar thus derived from Eoses 

 of not only different varieties but even distinct species 

 must necessarily be of various quality. 



Rosa sempervirens, L. 



From South Europe through Southern Asia to Japan, One 

 of the best Eose-bushes for covering walls, fences and similar 

 structures. Also the flowers of this species can be utilized 

 for Rose-oil. 



Rosa setigera, Michaux. 



North America, where it is the only climbing Eose-bush. 

 It deserves introduction on account of its extremely rapid 

 growth, 10 feet to 20 feet in a season. Its flowers however 

 are nearly inodorous. 



Other original species of Eoses deserve our attention, Dr. J. 

 Hooker admitting about 30, all from the Northern Hemis- 

 phere. But on the snow-clad unascended mountains of 

 Borneo, Sumatra, New G-uinea and Africa south of the 

 Equator yet perhaps new Eoses may be discovered, as they 

 have been traced south to Abyssinia already. 



Rosmarinus officinalis, L. 



The Eosmary. Countries around the Mediterranean Sea, 

 This well-known bush is mentioned here as a medicinal 



