xxvr. BOSA cEjE : Ro sa. 



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appendicled, spreading. Fruit oblately globose, a little hispid or glabrous, 

 scarlet. (Dec. Prod.) An erect shining-leaved shrub. North America, 

 from New York to Carolina; near Boston, in bogs, and on the edges of 

 marshes; and in Newfoundland. Height 4 ft. to 6 ft. Introduced in 1724. 

 Flowers red, overtopped by the leaves and young branches ; June to August. 

 Fruit bright red ; ripe in October. 



A handsome species, on account of its shining foliage, and one which is 

 very hardy ; but the flowers have a very disagreeable smell. 



7. It. ni'tida W. 



The glossy-leaved Rose. 



ft. nltida. 



Idenlificalion. Wjlld. Enum., 544. ; Lindl. Rosar. Monog., p. 13. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 603. ; Don's 



Mill., 2. p. 565. 

 Synonymcs. R. Redutea rufescens Thory in Red. Ros. I . p. 103. ic. ; the dwarf Labrador Rose 

 Engravings. Lindl. Rosar. Monog., p. 13. t. 2. ; Redoute Ros. 



1. p. 103. ic. ; and our Jig. .5.57. 



Spec. Char., S;c. Dwarf and reddish in aspect. 

 Stem and branches almost covered with slender, 

 rather equal, prickles. Leaflets 5 9, rather 

 rigid, lanceolate, glossy. Stipules large, finely 

 serrated, extending as far as to the leaflets. ^JJ 

 Flowers red. Peduncle bristly. Sepals spread- "^^i- 

 ing. Fruit bristly, shining;, and scarlet. {Dec, ^1^ 

 Prod.) A shrub beset with straight red spines. \" 

 Newfoundland. Height 2 ft. to 3 ft. Introduced ^^ 

 in 1807. Flowers deep red ; June to August. > 

 Fruit depressed, spherical, bright scarlet ; ripe 

 in September. 



This is an interesting plant, from its dwarf 

 stature, its abundant reddish prickles, its glossy 

 leaves, its flowers, and its fruit. 



jui 8. R. ^.\'pA Pose. The Turnip-fruited Rose. 



Identification. Bosc Diet. d'Agric. ; Lindl. Rosar. Monog., p. 15. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 602. ; Don's 



Mill., 2. p. .565. 

 Synanymes. R. tdrgida Pers. Ench. 2. p. 49. ; R. /raxini- 



folia Dumont in Corns. Bot. Cult. 

 Engravings. Red. and Thor. Ros., 2. p. 7. ic. ; and our 



fig. ooS. 



Spec. Char., S^c. Taller than R. lucida, and 

 spreading. Branches without prickles. Leaf- 

 lets oblong, undulate, shining. Fruit hemi- 

 spherical. Closely allied to R. lucida, of 

 which it is very likely a variety. {Dec. Prod.) 

 Petals always multiplied, smaller than those 

 of R. lucida ; briglit red. Fruit deep red. 

 Sepals compound. A tall straggling bush. 

 North America, in the warmer states. 

 Height 3 ft. to 4 ft. Introduced '?. Flowers 

 double, bright red; June to August. Fruit 

 deep red ; ripe in October. 



Only known in its double-flowered state 

 in British gardens, where it is a freely growing 

 hardy plant, with large double flowers. 



jt 9. R. PARViFLO^RA Ekrh. The small-flowered, or Pennsylvanian, Rose. 



Identification. Ehrh. Beltr., 4. p. 21.; Don's Mill., 2. p 565 



'^'Jnonymes. R humilis JV/A Arb. 136 ; R. caroliniana M/eA. Fl Bar. Amer. 1. p.2M.; R. 



?^l,f"'^y ''If '''' "o>-t- Kew. cd.2. vol.3, p. 260. ; Pennsylvanian Rose, Lawr. Ros. t. 3. and 



c. bt) , and of the nurseries. 

 Engraving. Smith Insect. Georg., 1. p. 49. t. 25. 



Spec. Char., ^-c. Dwarf. Stipules linear. Prickles acicular. Leaflets lan- 

 ceolate, smoothish, sharply serrated. Calyxes clammy. Flowers usually 



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558. R. Riipa. 



