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5. Semi-double round-fruited Eglantine . 



Branches, usually purple. 

 Tube of calyx, smooth and globular. 

 Flowers, semi-double, middle-sized, of a vivid purplish 

 pink. 



6. Rubiginosa Hybrida Ferox. 



Shrub, high. 



Thorns, thick and very long. 



Lea/lets, seven or nine ; smooth on the upper surface, 

 pubescent and glandulous on the under. 



Tube of calyx, oval and smooth. 



Sepals, three of them bearing five or seven appen- 

 dages. 



Flowers, semi-double, middle-sized, globular ; of a light 

 bright hydrangea-colour. 



7. Hybrid red-fruited Rubiginous Rose. 



Shrub, thick, vigorous. 



Branches, brown. 



Leaves, near together. 



Leaflets, seven or nine ; smooth on the upper surface, 



hairy underneath, and having fragrant glands on 



the mid-rib, 



Stipules, large and entire. 



Tube of calyx, oval, globular, narrow in the throat. 

 Flowers, semi-double, middle-sized ; o deep pink, or 



light red. 



8. White Pompon Rose. 



Green-hearted WJiite Pompon. 



Green Rose. 



Rosa Inermis Albo Sub-viridis. 



Branches, unarmed. 



Flowerstalk, hispid and glandulous. 



