THE BOOK OF ROSES. 107 



Flowerstalk, glandulous, composite. 

 Tube of calyx, globular, small, flattened. 

 Sepals, generally simple, glandulous ; viscous at the 

 edges, terminated by a long, linear, lanceolated leaf. 

 Fruit, small, red, globular. 



This variety, a native of Carolina, is delicate and 

 difficult of propagation. It succeeds best in very light 

 ground, %r in bog-earth. 



1. Single Small-flowering Rose. 



Varies from the preceding by suckers more thorny ; 

 branches slenderer, red on the side towards the sun. 



Leafstalks, armed underneath with thorns. 



Leaflets, usually seven, small, narrow, lanceolated, some- 

 times linear ; glandulous under the intermediary 

 nerves. 



Flowers, united in clusters of two, three, or more 

 single, of a moderate size, bright pink. 



Petals, sloped. 



Stamens, numerous, unequal. 



Tube of calyx, elongated in the throat. 



Fruit, glossy. 



2. Pensylvanian Double-flowering Rose. 



Branches, slight, rather purple, branching. 



Thorns, thin and long ; stipulary. 



Leaves, from five to seven leaflets. 



Leaflets, oblong, oval, occasionally sharp; lanceolated. 



Leafstalks, pubescent. 



Flowers, small, double, of a bright flesh-colour in the 

 centre, shading paler to the circumference ; blow- 

 ing in clusters about July and August. 



