XXVI. jROSA CEM : RO SA, 



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612. R. i. riiga. 



at R. i. 10 ruga Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1389., 



and ourJtg.6\2., has double, blush chang- 



ging to white, sweet-scented flowers. It 



is a hybrid between R. i. odoratissima 



and 7^. arvensis, brought from Italy, 



where it was raised by Mr. Clare. It 



grows freely, making shoots 10 or 12 



feet long in a season. 

 ^ R. i. 1 1 ochroleucn Bot. Reg. has large 



cream-coloured flowers, deepening almost 



intojk'ellow in the centre. It was intro- 

 duced by Mr. Parks in 1824, and appears 



to have been since lost. 

 ^ R. i. \2 Jlavescens. This, Mr. Gordon 



assures us, is the true tea-scented yellow China Rose, and not the 



preceding variety, which is generally considered as such, and con- 

 founded with it. 

 s R. i. 13 Blairu D. Don in Sivl. Brit. 



Fl. Gard. t. 405., and our /^. 613. 



Raised in 1830, by Mr. Blair, from 



seeds of the yellow China rose, which 



had been fecundated by the pollen of 



the Tuscan rose. A robust plant, 



lemarkable for the size of its leaves 



and flowers. Petals purple, but yellow 



at the base, especially towards the 



centre of the flower. Fragrant, and a 



free flowerer. ,,, . ,., . 



613. R. i. Blarrii. 



'^ 50. R. semperflo'rens Curt. The everflowering China Rose. 



Idenlification. Curt. Bot. Mag., t. 284. ; Smith Exot. Bot., 2. p. 91. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 582. 

 Synonymes. R. diversift)lia Vent. Cels. t. 35. ; R. bengalensis Pers. Ench. 2. p. 50. ; R. Indica Red. 



Ros. 1. p. 49. t. 13. 

 Engravings. Law. Ros., t. 23.; N. Du Ham., vii. t. 18.; and 



our/g. 614. of a double French variety. 



Spec. Char., S^c. Branches dark green, armed with 

 scattered, compressed, hooked prickles, and a 

 very few glands. An erectish sub-evergreen 

 shrub. Leaflets 3 5, ovate-lanceolate, crenate- 

 serrated, shining above, but glaucous and slightly 

 setigerous beneath. Sepals compound, narrow. 

 Fruit spherical. (Don^s Mill.) China. Height 

 8 ft. to 10 ft. Introduced in 1789. Flowers 

 solitary, single, or semidouble, deep crimson ; 

 April to November. Fruit red ; ripe September. 



There are some very splendid varieties of this 

 species, with semidouble crimson flowers. They 

 are all free growers, and abundant flowerers ; and 

 few plants are more ornamental 

 against the walls of a cottage. 



614. R. semperflorens. 



t 51. R. LAWRENCE>4^Ar.4 Swt. Miss Lawrence's China Rose. 



Identification. Sweet Hort. Suburb. ; Lindl. Ros., p. 110. ; Don's Mill., 2. 



p. 582. 

 Synonymes. R. semperflbrens minima Sims Bot. Mag. t. 1762. ; R. fndica 



var. a. acuminata Red. Ros. 1. p. 53. : ."f. indica Lawrenceuna Red. Ros. 



2. p. 38. 

 Engravings. Red. Ros., 1. p. 53. ; and out fig. 615. 



Spec. Char., ^-c. D\\arf. Prickles large, stout, nearly 

 straight. Leaflets ovate acute, finely serrated. Petals 

 acuminated. {Don's Mill.) A low .shrub. China. Height 



z 4 



613. R. Lawrcncedmi. 



