THE BANKSIAN ROSE. 83 



CLIMBING EOSES. 



DIVISION V. 

 THE BANKSIAN ROSE. 



(ROSA BANKSI^!.) 



AMONG the Banksian roses, botanists class Rosa 

 laevigata, or sinica, a rose with peculiarly glossy 

 foliage, and large single white flowers. This is a 

 native of Georgia, also of Tartary and China, and, 

 very probably, is the plant from which the Chinese 

 derived our Double Banksian Eoses. Eosa sinica 

 is also known as Eosa laevigata and Eosa ternata. 

 Our popular Double White Banksian Eose is 

 almost? universally known and admired. It was 

 introduced in 1807 ; and very large plants are 

 now to be seen in some situations. The flowers 

 of the White Banksian Eose have a slight violet- 

 like perfume, very agreeable. The Yellow Bank- 

 sian Eose was brought to this country in 1827. 

 This is a beautiful variety, with scentless straw- 

 coloured flowers, a little inclining to buff: they 

 are, like the flowers of the white, very small and 

 double. Both these roses bloom early in May ; 

 and large plants, covered with their clusters of 

 flowers, have a pretty but most un-rose-like ap- 

 pearance. The new Yellow Banksian Eose, 

 Jaune Serin, has larger flowers than the preceding, 

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