12 THE BOOK OF ROSES. 



boasts of several highly curious species. Among 

 others, the Rosa turbinata, of which the very- 

 double flowers spring from an ovary in the 

 form of a crest ; and the Rosa arvensis, with 

 large flowers, red and double, in a state of 

 cultivation. 



The Swiss mountains, and the Alpine chain 

 in general, are rich in native roses. Besides 

 the Field rose, just mentioned, they have the 

 Rosa Alpina, an elegant shrub, with red 

 solitary flowers, furnishing many varieties in 

 cultivation ; the Rosa spinulifolia, having pale 

 pink flowers of moderate size, with thorny 

 leaflets that exhale a scent of turpentine. It 

 is remarkable that two mountain roses, the 

 Swiss spinulifolia, and the Scottish Rosa 

 involuta, should be thus alike characterized by 

 the smell of turpentine. There remains to be 

 cited among Alpine roses, the Rosa rubrifolia, 

 of which the red-tinted stems and leaves, as 

 well as the pretty little blossoms of a deep 

 crimson, form an agreeable variety to the ver- 

 dure of the surrounding foliage. 



In the eastern and southern countries of 

 Europe, rose-trees abound ; of which a consider- 

 able number remain to be examined and classed. 

 The Crimea, for instance, is not acknowledged 

 to afford a single species, though travellers 

 describe the country as very productive in roses. 

 fn Greece and Sicily we find the Rosa glutinosa. 



