122 THE BOOK OF ROSES. 



6. Alpine Rose, with pink double blossoms. 

 Thornless Rose, with double flowers. 



Shrub, very lofty, and tree-shaped. 



Branches, glaucous, of a purple hue on one side. 



Leaves, composed of five, seven, or nine leaflets. 



Lea/lets, smooth. 



Floral leaves, oval, pointed, entire, and undulated. 



Tube of calyx, oval, globular, and strangled in the 



centre. 



Petals, from two to four, pinnatifid. 

 Flowers, middle-sized, full, of a pale pink ; appearing 



in May and June. 



Rosa Rubrispina. 



Shrub, covered on the branches with short straight 

 thorns. 



Leaflets, lanceolated, with sharp teeth. 



Flowers, consisting in little clusters of leaves, inter- 

 mingled with petals. 



HYBRID SUB-VARIETIES. 



7. Calypso. 

 Florida Rose. 

 Bengal Cypress. 



Shrub, vigorous. 



B ranches, sarmentous, very long, of a purple-red. 

 Leaves, composed of five or nine leaflets. 

 Leaflets, oval, rather glossy. 



Flowers, very large, full, inclining, white at the cir- 

 cumference, of a vivid flesh-colour in the centre. 

 Flowerstalk, smooth. 

 Tube of calyx, smooth ; irregularly oval. 



