10 THE BOOK OF ROSES. 



pale red. Ten or twelve other species grow 

 in the Russian provinces of northern Asia; 

 in particular, the Rosa Kamschatica, bearing 

 solitary flowers of a pinkish white. 



In Africa, on the borders of the vast desert 

 of Sahara, and more especially in the plains 

 towards Tunis, is found the Rosa moschata, 

 whose tufts of white roses give out a musky 

 exhalation. This charming species is also to 

 be found in Egypt, Morocco, Mogadore, and 

 the Island of Madeira. In Egypt, too, grows 

 the Rosa canina, or dog rose, so common 

 throughout Europe. In Abyssinia, we find an 

 evergreen rose-tree with pink blossoms, which 

 bears the name of the country, as the Rosa 

 Abyssinica. Other species are, doubtless, to 

 be found in the unexplored countries of Africa. 



In Europe, commencing to the north-west 

 with Iceland, (so infertile in vegetation, that in 

 some parts the natives are compelled to feed 

 their horses, sheep, and oxen on dried fish,) 

 we find the Rosa rubiginosa, with pale, solitary, 

 cup-shaped flowers. In Lapland, blooming 

 almost under the snows of that severe climate, 

 grows the Rosa Maialis, small, sweet, and of 

 a brilliant colour; and the same beautiful 

 species, as if in enlivenment of the cheerless 

 rudeness of the climate, is to be found in Nor- 

 way, Denmark, and Sweden. In Lapland, too, 

 under shelter of the scrubby evergreens among 



