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Leaflets, five, rounded, slightly toothed. 

 Flowers, large, double, very fine, numerous, in upright 

 branches. 



6. Valerie. 



Leaflets, very small, hairy on both sides. 

 Tube of calyx, short, turbinated. 

 Sepals, short 

 Flowers, full, very small, pale pink. 



7. Jlimable Eleonore. 



Stipules, wide. 



Leaflets, five or seven, oval, oblong; smooth on the 

 upper surface, rather pubescent underneath ; sim- 

 ply and deeply toothed. 



Flowers, middle-sized, full, of a bright dark pink, or 

 cherry-colour. 



III. Belgian Rose. 

 Rosa Belgica. 

 Rosa Damascena. 

 Rosa Alba. 

 Rose de Puteaux. 



Shrub, vigorous, forming a thick bush. 



Branches, spreading, kneed or elbowed, flexile, very 

 thorny, keeping their leaves late in the season. 



Thorns, long, uneven, the strongest crooked, mixed 

 with bristles. 



Leaflets, five or seven, large, oval, obtuse, rather hairy 

 underneath, simply toothed, the teeth hairy, seldom 

 glandulous. 



Leafstalks, hairy and glandulous ; usually armed un- 

 derneath with small crooked thorns. 



