THE BOOK OP ROSES. 149 



Flowers, very numerous in the spring, and white as 



snow. 



Fruit, oval. 

 Origin, supposed to be from Austria. 



56. Rosa Spinosissima Platycarpa. 

 Rosa Hispida. 



Shrub, dwarf. 

 Flowerstalk, bristly. 

 Fruit, flat. 



This variety grows only in Iceland. 



57. Hairy Burnet- leafed Rose. 

 Rosa Pilosa. 



Shrub, dwarf. 



Leaves, sharp, simply toothed, sub-surface hairy. 



Icelandic. 



58. Burnet -leafed Rose with top -shaped 



fruit. 



Shrub, dwarf, 

 Fruit, turbinated. 



Grows spontaneously in Iceland. 



59. Pallas 's Bur net-leafed Rose. 

 Rosa Pallasii. 



Rosa Jlltaica. 

 Shrub, vigorous, lofty. 

 Thorns, close together, almost even. 



This rose is found in elevated plains, and on the 

 high acclivities of the mountains towards Siberia. 



60. Burnet-kafed Rose with long thorns. 

 Shrub, lofty, with long thin thorns. 



