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ARBORETUM ET FEUTICETUM BIUTANNICUM. 



when mentioned otherwise. (Don's Mill.') Deciduous : forming bushes 

 partly low and dense, and partly large and rambling. Natives of Britain, 

 Continental Eiu'ope, Asia, and North America. 



A. Species Natives of Eurojje. 

 ^ 15. R. ALPi^NA Lin. The Alpine Rose. 



liJentiJication. Lin. Sp., 703. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. .507. 



Synonymes. R. rupestris Crantx Austr. 8.'). ; li. monspeliaca Goiian Monsp. 25-5. ; R. inermis Mill. 



Diet. No. 0. , R. liybrida I'M. Dauph. 3. p. 554. ; R. lagenaria ViU. 1. c. p. .'763. ; R. biflbra Krok. 



Fl. Sil. 2. p. l.')7. 

 Engravhigs. Jacq. Fl. Austr., t. 279. ; Lindl. Bot. Reg., t. 474. ; and oar Jig. 565. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Unarmed. Fruit elongated, pendulous. Peduncles hispid. 

 (Dmis Mill.) Flowers erect, blush-coloured, solitary. Fruit orange red, 

 oblong or obovate, with long sepals, generally pendulous. An unarmed 

 shrub. Alps of Austria, hills in the South of France, Silesia, Bohemia 

 Dauphine, Switzerland, &c. Height 5 ft. to 8 ft. Introduced in 1683 

 Flowers blush-coloured ; June and July. Fruit orange red ; ripe in Sep- 

 tember. 



S65. R. alpina. 568. R. a. Iffi'vls 



Varieties. 



at R.a.2 l(B-vis Ser., but not of Desv. or Red. ; R. Sanguisorba majoris, 

 &c., Dill. Elth. ; 7^. alpina glabra Desv. ; R. a. vulgaris Red. Ros. 2. 

 p. 111., and our fg. 566. ; has the stem, peduncles, and calyx quite 

 glabrous, and the fruit oblong. 



afc R. . 3 speciosa Ilort. Drummond's Thornless Rose. A very beau- 

 tiful clunbing variety, raised by Mr. Drummond in the Cork Botanic 

 Garden, about 1820. 



Other Varieties. Fourteen are described in the first edition of this work, 

 but they are chiefly of botanical interest. 



J, 16. R. SLA Vis Willd. The sweet Rose. 



Identification. Willd. Knuni. Snppl., p. 37. ; Link ICnum., 2. p. 57. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 567. 

 Engravings. Hayne Abbild., t. 40. ; and ourJ%. 5G7. 



iS/Jcc. Char., iSfc. Stem hispid. Leaves glabrous, glau- 

 ct'scent beneatii. Peduncles and petioles clotiicd with 

 glandular bristles. (Dim's Mill.) Petals deep purple, 

 deeply 2-lobed. Fruit oblong, glabrous. A hi.spid 

 shrub. Native country unknown, most probably Eu- 

 rope. Height 3 ft. to 4 ft. Introduced in 1818 

 P'lowcrs deep [lurple; June and July. Fruit scarlet , 

 ripe in September. 



This very distinct variety, or perhaps species, of rose 

 is probably at present wanting in British collections ; for 

 it mu.st not be confounded with ii'osa suaveolens or 

 with 7^6su suavifolia, both described in Le Botaniste Cul- 

 tivateur as varieties of R. rubiginosa, or synonymes to that species 



