XXVI. ROS.\ CEJE 



flO^SA. 



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double, semidoiible, white, purple, red, and even yellow. The first double 

 variety was found in a wild state, in the neighbourhood of Perth, by Mr. 

 Brown of the Perth Nursery, who raised a number of others from seed. 

 Mr. Austin of the Glasgow Nursery also raised upwards of 30 select vari- 

 eties ; and, subsequently, the number of these varieties for sale in the nur- 

 series has become so great, and they are changing their names so often, that 

 it would be useless to attempt to give a list of them in this work. In Mr. 

 Rivers's Abridged List of Roses, in the Rose Amateur's Guide, the following 

 sorts are recommended : Erebus, Guy Mannering, La Neige, Lady Bailiie, 

 Queen of May, True yellow, William the Fourth, and Venus. 



J* 24. i?. rube'lla Smith. The reddish Rose. 



Identification. Smith Eng. Bot., 2521. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 567. 

 Enfirai'ings. Eng. Bot., 2521. ; and our Jig. 574. 



Spec. Char., c^r. Prickles slender, straight, crowded. Fruit 

 globose. Leaflets glabrous. Peduncles bristly. (Don's 

 Mill.) A low shrub, with divaricating branches. Eng- 

 land, in Northumberland, on the sandy sea coast. Height 

 2 ft. to 3 ft. Flowers either blush-coloured, or white 

 blotched with pink, delicately fragrant ; July. Fruit 

 bright scarlet ; ripe in September. 



A rare species, nearly allied to 7?. spinosissima 



574. R. rubella. 



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2.5. R. hibe'rnica Smith. 



Irlent(ficaU'on. 

 Erigravings. 



Smith in Eng. Bot, 2196. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 

 Eng. Bot., t. 2196. ; and our Jig. 575. 



The Irish Rose 



569. 



Spec. Char.,Si-c. Prickles unequal, slightly hooked, smaller ones 

 bristle-formed. Leaflets ovate, acute, simply serrated, with 

 the ribs hairy beneath. Se|)als pinnate. Fruit nearly glo- 

 bular, smooth, as well as tiie peduncles. (Don's Mill.) A 

 prickly shrub. Ireland, in the counties of Derry and Down, 

 in thickets. Height 4 ft. to 6 ft. Flowers small, light bluish ; 

 June to November. Fruit orange-coloured; ripe ISept. 



R. Wi'i.soN/ Borr. Wilson's Rose. 



Flor., p. 228. ; Eng. Bot. Suppl., 2723. ; Don's 



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'dentification. Hook. Brit. 



Mill., 2. p. 570. 

 .ngravings. Eng. Bot., t. 2723. ; and our Jig. .576. 



^pec. Char., Sfc. Prickles crowded, unequal, straight, inter- 

 mixed with setae. Leaflets simply serrated, hairy, their disks 

 glandless. Sepals simple. Fruit nearly globular. {Don's 

 Mill.) England, near Bangor Ferry. Height 2 ft. to 4 ft. 

 Flowers beautiful dark pink ; June and July. 



575. R. hiWmJca 



27. R. isvoi.v'^T A. Smith. The involute-pe/'a/eaf Rose. 



JUL 



Identification. Smith in Eng. Bot., 2068. ; Don's 



Mill ,2. p. 669. 

 Synonyme. R. niv&lis Donn Hort. Cant. ed. I. 



p. 170. 

 Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 2068.; and cnr Jig. 



577. 



Spec. Char., ^-c. Prickles very une- 

 qual, and very much crowded. Leaf- 

 lets doubly serrated, pubescent. 

 Petals convolute. Fruit prickly. 

 (Don's Mill.) Petals pale red, con- 

 cave. Hebrides, in the Isle of Arran, 

 and in Glen Lyon. A low shrul\ 

 Height 2 ft. to 3 ft. Flowers pale 

 red ; June. Fruit black ; ripe in 

 September. 



