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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



m 34. R. a'lba Lin. 



Identificntion. Liu. Sp., 705. ; Lawr. Ros., t. 23. 25. 32. 



37.; CEd. FI. Dan., t. 121 5. ; Red. Ros., 1. p. 97. and 



p. 17. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 577. 

 Syiionyme. R. usitatfssima Gat. ISlontaub. t. 94. 

 Jingrnvings. Lawr. Ros., t. 23. 25. 32. 37. ; CEd. Fl. Dan., 



t. 1215. : Red. Ros., 1. p. 17. and p. 97. ; Gat. Montaub., 



t. 94. ; our^. 5s8. of the species; and^jf. 589. of tlie 



double variety common in gardens. 



Leaf- 



The common white Hose. 



glau- 



Spec. Char.,Sj-c. 

 lets oblong, 

 cons, rather naked 

 above, simply ser- 

 rated. Prickles 

 straightish or fal- 

 cate, slender or 

 strong, without 

 bristles. Sepals pin- 

 nate, rcflexed. Fruit 

 unarmed. (Don's 

 Mill.) A large 

 8s. R.aiba. shnib. Piedmont, 



Denmark, France, and Saxony. Height 4 ft. to 10 ft. Introduced in 1597. 

 Flowers large, either white, or of the most delicate bhish colour, with a 

 grateful fragrance ; June and July. Fruit oblong, scarlet, or blood-coloiired ; 

 ripe in September. 

 Varieties. The garden varieties are very numerous ; and some of the mcst 

 beautiful are the double, semidouble, and single blush ; the celestial, a well- 

 known favourite ; the great, small, and cluster maiden's blush ; the double; 

 thornless ; and the double, semidouble, and single white. The rose blanche 

 a coeur vert, the bouquet blanc, and the blanche de la Belgique. ai'e well- 

 known and beautiful varieties of this species. 



589. R. ilba. 



at 35. 



B. Natives of Europe and Britain. 

 R. viLLo'sA Lin. The \\\\ous4eaved Rose. 



Jdentification. Lin. Sp., 704. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 676. 



Synonymcs. R. mollis Smith in Eng. Bot. t. 2469. ; R. tomentOsa /3 Lindl. 



Ros. p. 77 ; R. heterophvlla Woods in Lin. Trans. 12. p. 195. ; R. pulchella 



Woods L c. p. 196. ; R. pomifera Herm. Diss. 16. > 



Engravings. Eng. 15ot., t. 2459. ; and our fig. 690. 



Spec. Char., ^c. Leaflets rounded, bluntish, downy all over. 

 Fruit globose, rather depressed, partly bristly. Sepals 

 slightly compound. Branches without bristles. (Don's 

 Mill.) A rambling shrub. Europe, in hedges ; in Britain, 

 in bushy rather mountainous situations in Wales, Scot- 

 land, and the North of England. Height 5 ft. to 6 ft. 

 Flowers red or pink ; July. Fruit purple ; ripe Sept. 



Varieties. R. gracilis Woods, R. Sherardi Davies, R. syl- 

 vestris Lindl., are described in our first edition. 



Avery variable plant. (See No. 29. p. 332.) ^j, .,,,. 



s .S6. R. TOMENTO^SA Smith. The tomentose, or 

 woolly-leaved. Rose. 



Identificntion. Smith Fl. Brit., 539.; Eng. Bot, 990.; Don's Mill-, 



2. p. .576. 

 Syiumyyiies. R. \\\\h&a.Ehrh. Arb. p. 45., Dti Roi Harbk. 2. p. 341., 



Fl. Dan., t. 1458., R. mollissima Bdrk. Holz. p. 307. ; R- duDia 



Wibcl Wirth. p. 2C3. ; R. vill6sa ^ Iluds. 219. 



Engravings. Red. Ros., 2. p. 39. and p. 88. ; Eng. Bot., t 9J0. , 



and ourj'jg. 591. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaflets ovate, acute, more or less ^ 

 downy. Fruit .elliptical, hispid. Sepals pinnate. 



91. R. toment6fla. 



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