THE BOOK OF ROSES. 99 



Petals, slightly heart-shaped, rather convergent. 

 Disk, unapparent. 



Styles, hairy, numerous, detached, not salient. 

 Fruit, small, round or oblong, of a dark red. 



This rose is a native of Newfoundland, and has been 

 varied by cultivation in our gardens. 



1. Rosa Fraxintfolia Simplex, or Single 



Ash-leafed. 



Leaflets, from seven to nine. 



Footstalks, sometimes armed beneath with small thorns. 



Bracteal leaves, toothed and undulated. 



Fruit, of an orange-red. 



Flowers in May and June. 



2. Common *dsh- leafed Rose. 



Leaflets, deeply toothed, crisped by their undulation. 

 Flowers, of a moderate size, single, pale pink expand- 

 ing in May or June. 



3. Variegated Ash-leafed Rose. 



Differing from the preceding by flowers marbled with 

 streaks of red on pinkish lilac. 



4. Hudson's Bay Rose. 



Leaves, of a less lively green, slightly glaucous under- 

 neath, teeth not so deep. 

 Peduncles, devoid of glaucous powder. 

 Floral leaves, less bulging. 

 Flowers, larger, and blowing later in the season. 



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