312 POPULAR GARDEN FLOWERS 



with white flowers, of comparatively recent introduction, 

 and important as the parent of our most valuable pillar, 

 arch, and bank Roses, such as Dorothy Perkins, Lady 

 Gay, and Alberic Barbier. The name should be 

 Luciae. 



The Banksian Rose is Rosa Banksice, a white-flowered 

 species introduced from China through Sir Joseph Banks 

 in 1807, and illustrated in the Botanical Magazine, 1. 1954 ; 

 there is a yellow variety of it. These pretty Roses are 

 grown on walls, but often spoiled by over-pruning. It 

 is only the wood of more than two years old that should 

 be removed. 



The Fairy Rose is a double form of the small Monthly 

 Rose, Rosa indica minima. 



The Boursault and Seven Sisters Roses are both 

 varieties of Rosa multiflora, the " many - flowered " 

 Polyantha Rose a section which includes no less im- 

 portant a plant than the Crimson Rambler, as well 

 as other popular Roses. The Boursault Rose (Rosa 

 multiflora Boursaultit) enjoyed considerable favour as a 

 wall Rose fifty years ago ; pink flowers were borne 

 profusely. 



The Japanese Rose is Rosa rugosa, which has red 

 flowers and large, rough leaves ; it was introduced from 

 Japan in 1845. There are several good garden varieties 

 of it. The Japanese Roses are well liked for forming 

 bold, dense clumps in large gardens, as the single 

 flowers are bright in colour, and are followed by very 

 large brilliant fruits. 



The Cherokee Rose is Rosa laevigata (sinica), a white- 

 flowered Chinese plant, introduced in 1759, and illus- 

 trated in the Botanical Magazine, /. 2847. The variety 

 of this called Anemone, which has pale pink or white 

 flowers, and holds its leaves so persistently as to be 



