XXVI. ROSA CEJE : RO SA. 



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American Rose. Pretty, and a free flowerer. Raised by Mr. Hogg, 

 [ nurseryman, in New York, from seeds of the single yellow rose. 



j Horticultural Society's Garden. 



! Otkcr Species belonging to this Section. R. iberica Smith, native of Eastern 

 1 Iberia ; R. glutinosa Smith, native of (lireece ; R. Kliikii Bess,, native of 

 ' Tauria ; R. suaveolens Piirsh, native of North America ; and R. Montezumc^ 

 Humb., native of Mexico, are described in our first edition. 



viii. CanincE Lindl. 



Derivation. From caninus, belonging to a dog : because R. canina is commonly called the dog rose. 

 The name is applied to this section, because all the species contained in it agree in character with 

 R. canina. 



Sect. Char., Sfc. Prickles equal, hooked. Leaflets ovate, glandless or glan- 



I dular, with the serratures conniving. Sepals deciduous. Disk thickened, 



closing the throat. Larger suckers arched. {Don's Mill.) Deciduous, but 



some sub-evergreen. Chiefly bushes, but partly sarmentose and procumbent. 



Natives of Britain, Middle Europe, and Asia. 



34 42. 



A. Species Motives of Rritain. 

 R. CANi^NA Lin. The common Dog Rose. 



599. R. canina. 



identification. Lin. Sp., 704. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. .W9. 



Iynonymes. R. duraMis Bechst. Forstb. 241. and 939. ex Ran. ; R. ande- 

 gavensis Bat. Fl. Main, et Loir. 189., Red. Ros. 2. p. 9. t. 3. ; R. glaiica 

 /,o. in 'Desv. Journ. ; li. arvensis Sclirank Fl. Mon. ; R. glauceicens 

 Mer. Par. ; R. nitens Mer. 1. c. ; R. teneriflensis Donn Hort. Cant. 

 f(l. 8. p. 16'J. ; R. senticosa Achar. Acad. Handl. 34. p. 91. t. 3. 

 iigravings. Eng. Bot., t. 'jU2. ; Lawr. Ros., t. 21. 29. ; and our fig. 599. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Prickles strong, hooked. 

 Leaflets sim|)ly serrated, pointed, quite 

 smo.ith. Sepals pinnate. Fruit ovate, 

 smooth, or rather bristly, like the aggregate 

 flower stalks. (Don's Mill.) A rambling 

 shrub. Europe generally, and the North 

 of Africa ; plentiful in Britain, in hedges, 

 woods, and thickets. Height 6 ft. to 10 ft. 

 Flowers rather large, pale red, seldom white ; June and J;il\ 

 Fruit scarlet ; ripe in September. 



Variety. 



afe R. c. 2 aciphylla Lindl. Ros. p. 99.; 



R. aciphylla Ran. 69. with a fig.. 



Red. Ros. ii. p. 31. t. 13. ; and our 



figs. 600, 601.; is a very remarkable 



variety, from the .straightness of its 



I shoots, and its singular habit of growth. The 



leaves are smooth on both surfaces, and the 



flowers are smaller than those of the species. 



Other Varieties. Seventeen are described in our 



irst edition. '- <: ^-^iphs''*- 



Tuit ovate, bright scarlet, of a peculiar and very grateful flavour, especially if 

 r le into a conserve with sugar. The pulp of the 

 'it besides .saccharine matter, contains citric acid, 

 vch gives it an acid taste. The pulp, before it is 

 ujl, should be carefully cleared from the nuts or 

 ''Is. Numerous varieties. 



43. 7?. Fo'rster/ Sm. Forster's Dog Rose. 



^ aicalion. .Smith Eng. Fl., 2. p. 392.; Bor. in Eng. Bot. 

 , I'l., 2611. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 580. 



'tjme. R. colKna /3 and y Woods in lAn. Trans. 12. p. 392. 



nvings. Eng. Bot Suppl., t. 2C11. ; and our fig. 602. 



Char., c^r. Prickles scattered, conical, hooked. 



z 2 



ft canph^la. 



602. n. Fdrster/. 



