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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



583. R. c. ciislita. 



mine ; the cluster ; the Duchesse d'Angou- 



leme, a very handsome white rose ; the 



Provence, of which there are upwards of 



twenty subvarieties ; the prolific ; the 



striped nosegay ; and the Versailles. 

 3i R. c. 2 muscosa Mill., the Moss Roses ; among 



vhich are the common single {fig- 58.3.), 



the common double, the blush, the dark, 



the striped, the white, and the crested moss 



(^R. c. m. cristata), and many others. 

 ^ R. c. 4 pomponia Dec, the Pompone Roses 



N. Du Ham. ; R. pomjyoma Redoute Ros. 



p. 65.; among which are the well-known rose 



de Meaux, an old inhabitant of the gardens; 



the mossy de Meaux, the dwarf, and small Provence; the rose 



de Rheims ; and the common and proliferous pompone. These 



roses should be cut down every year, when they have done flowering, 



that they may send up new shoots every spring to produce flowers. 



If this be not done, the principal branches will dry up, and become 



bare like those of the bramble. 



This species is distinguished from R. damascena by the sepals not being 

 reflexed, and the flowers having their petals curved inwards, so as, in the 

 double state, to give the flower the appearance of the heart of a cal)hage, 

 whence the name of the cabbage rose. Its fruit is either oblong or roundish, 

 but never elongated. From R. gallica it is distinguished by the flowers being 

 drooping, and by the larger size of the prickles, with a more robust habit. 



j 32. R. ga'llica Lin. The French Rose. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 704. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 603. 

 Syntmymen. R. ce\n\ii)\\3. Mill. Diet. No. 41.; 7i. sylv&tica 



Giitcr. Mont. p. 94. ; R. rubra Lam. Fl. Fr. 3. p. 130. ; R. 



holosericea Rossig. Ros. t. 18. ; R. belgica Brot. Fl. Lus. I. 



p. 338. ; R. blaiida Brot. 1. c. ; Rose de Provins, Fr. ; Essig 



Rose, Ger. 

 Engravings. Mill. Ic, t. 22!. f. 2. ; Red. Ros., 1. t. 25.; our 

 Jig .'384. of tlie species ; saAfig. 855., which is of the variety 



called the Bishop Rose. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Prickles unequal. Stipules 

 narrow, divaricate at the tip. Leaflets Oy1, 

 coriaceous, rigid, ovate or lanceolate, de- 

 flexed. Flower bud ovate-globose. Sepals 

 spreading during the time of the flowering. 

 Fruit subglobose, very coriaceous. Calyx C^/ 

 and peduncle more or less hispid with glanded 

 hairs, somewhat viscose. A species allied to 

 R. centifolia L., but with round fruit, and 

 very coriaceous leaflets, with more numerous 

 nerves, that are a little prominent, and are 

 anastomosing. {Dec. Prod.) A bushy shrub. 

 Middle of Europe and Caucasus, in hedges. 

 Height 2 ft. to 3 ft. Introduced ?. Flowers 

 red, crimson, or white, single or double ; June 

 and July. Fruit red ; ripe in August. 



Varieties. The varieties of this species are very numerous ; some of the : 

 principal are, the cramoisie, royal crimson, black damask,' Fanny Bias,j 

 Flanders, giant, gloria mundi, grand monarqiie, the Dutch, the blush, thai 

 bishop (fig. 585.), and Singleton's, all old favourites in our gardens ; Malta,! 

 marbled, several subvarieties; miunonne, six or eight sorts; Morocco,' 

 negro, mottled black, Ninon del'Enclos, Normandy ; officinal, or the rose, 

 of the shops, several varieties; purple, 14 sorts ; poppy ; velvet, several^ 



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