THE BOOK OF ROSES. 13 



of which the leaflets produce a viscous matter: 

 the flowers being small, solitary, and of a pale 

 red. Italy and Spain have several distinct 

 species ; among others, the Rosa Polliniana, 

 with fine, large, purple flowers, growing in 

 clusters of two or three, and found in the neigh- 

 bourhood #f Verona. The Rosa moschata and 

 Rosa Hispanica flourish in Spain ; the latter 

 being at present excluded from the species 

 established by Lindley. The flowers, of a light 

 pink colour, appear in May. The Rosa sem- 

 pervirens, common in the Balearic Islands, 

 grows spontaneously throughout the south of 

 Europe and in Barbary. Its foliage, of glossy 

 green, is intermingled with a profusion of small, 

 white, highly scented flowers. 



For France, nineteen species are claimed by 

 the Flora of De Candolle. In the southern 

 provinces is found the Rosa eglanteria, whose 

 golden petals are sometimes varied into a rich 

 orange. The Rosa spinosissima grows in the 

 sandy plains of the southern provinces, having 

 white flowers tipped with yellow, which have 

 furnished many beautiful varieties. In the 

 forests of Auvergne and the departments of the 

 Vosges, we find the Rosa cinnamomea, which 

 derives its name from the colour of its branches ; 

 the flowers being small, red, and solitary. The 

 Rosa parvifolia, or Champagne rose, a beauti- 

 ful miniature shrub, adorns the fertile valleys 



