284 THE BOOK OP ROSES. 



SUB-VARIETIES IN GENERAL CULTIVATION. 



1. Semi-double Rubiginous Rose. 

 Eglantine with double red flowers. 



Shrub, armed with strong crooked thorns. 



Lea/lets, rather pubescent on both sides ; glandulous 



underneath. 



Tube of calyx, oval, with elongated throat. 

 Flowers, semi-double, middle-sized, of a light pink. 



2. Briard. 



Shrub, armed with strong crooked thorns, almost stipu- 

 lary ; summit of the branches thornless. 



Leaflets, seven in number, purple underneath when 

 young ; rather hairy on both sides. 



Tube of calyx, oval, fusiform. 



Sepals, three of them pinnatifid. 



Flowers, full, small, lilac-pink. 



3. Rennet jlpple-scented Rose. 

 Dwarf Rubiginous Rose. 



Shrub, low, with slender thorny branches. 



Leaflets, veined, reticulated ; glandulous underneath ; 



rather pubescent on both surfaces. 

 Tube of calyx, oval or fusiform, speckled with white 



points. 



Sepals, three of them divided. 

 Flowers, semi-double, very small, flesh-coloured, not 



always expanding favourably. 



4. Double Fragrant Eglantine. 



Leaflets, glandulous on the mid-rib and edges. 

 Tube of calyx, oval or oblong. 



Flowers, in clusters, semi-double, middle-sized, cup- 

 shaped j of a vivid uniform pink, fragrant. 



