100 THE BOOK OF ROSES. 



IV. Rosa Blanda, or Elegant Hudson Bay's 

 Rose. 



Shrub, high, of a dull appearance. 



Branches, of a purplish brown, armed with bristles. 



Thorns, scattered, pale, straight, uneven, deciduous with 

 age. 



Stem, cottonous, thornless. 



Leaves, rare, from five to seven leaflets. 



Lea/lets, lanceolated, oftener oblong ; simply toothed, 

 naked, of a greyish green on the upper, and cot- 

 tonous on the under surface. 



Leafstalk, hairy and sometimes thorny underneath. 



Stipules, long, elliptic, rounded at the end, fringed with 

 glands. 



Flowers, large, pink, solitary. 



Peduncle, thornless, having scattered hairs and glands. 



Tube of calyx, round. 



Sepals, oval, glandulous, simple, terminated by a long 

 leaflet ; lanceolated or acuminated. 



This rose is a native of North America. It differs 

 little from those of our gardens ; but we have a sub- 

 variety in the 



Garden Hudson's Bay Rose. 



Branches, slight, smooth, or slightly cottonous. 



Stipules, very long, reaching to the first pair of leaf- 

 lets; narrow, entire, rolled at the edge, and cot- 

 tonous. 



Flowers, of a brilliant pink, united in clusters of two or 

 three. 



Petals, heart-shaped, with a point between their lobes. 



Stamens, numerous, unequal, with capillary filaments. 



Styles, hairy, straight, equal, non-salient. 



This sub-variety flowers in July and August, and 



yields very few suckers. 



