III. 



TECHNICAL TERMS. 



HE rosarian and the hasty reader 

 are invited to pass by this chapter, 

 but if, unversed in rose-lore, any 

 reader become interested in the 

 subject, there will be found many terms, 

 mostly botanical, which require some ex- 

 planation, as presented herewith, and to 

 which he may be glad to refer. 



Anther. A rounded knob at the summit of 

 the filament; a portion of the stamen 

 which contains the pollen or fecundating 

 matter of the flower. 



Armed. Provided with thorns or prickles. 



Callus. A swelling which occurs at the base 

 of a cutting previous to the formation of 

 roots. 



Calyx. An envelope which holds the other 

 parts of the flower ; it consists of narrow 

 green leaves or sepals of a pithy texture ; 

 these sepals generally cohere by their 

 edges. 



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