1550 



KOSA 



crimson fls. A.G. 16:233. Hybrids with R. setigera and 

 R. Wichuraiana have also been raised. 

 3. Watsoniana, Cr6p. Deciduous shrub, with sarmer.- 



or less, white; style glabrous: fr. small. June, July. 

 R.B. 14, p. 183. G.F. 3:477. A very curious Bose of 

 unknown origin, supposed to have been introduced from 

 Japan, but not known in a wild state. Not quite hardy 

 north. 



4. setigera, Michx. PRAIRIE ROSE. Figs. 2152-4. 

 Shrub with prickly branches attaining 6 ft., with long 

 and slender recurving or climbing branches: Ifts. 3-5, 

 oblong-ovate to lanceolate, shortly acuminate, serrate, 

 tomentose beneath, 1-3 in. long: fls. in rather few- 

 tid. corymbs, deep rose, fading to whitish, about 2 in. 

 across, almost scentless : pedicels and receptacle glandu- 

 lar-hispid; style glabrous: fr. globular, % in. across. 

 June. July.- From Ontario and Wis. to Tex. and Fla. 

 Mn. 8:05. G.F. 10:323. A.G. 13:196, 197; 16:229. Gng. 

 1:325. M.D.G. 1900: 423. -Var. tomentdsa, Gray (R. 

 rnbifdlia, R. Br.). Lvs. more tomentose beneath: 

 corymbs with more, but smaller fls. A valuable hardy 

 climbing Rose. Several varieties with double fls. are in 

 cultivation ; some are probably hybrids with R. arvensis, 

 iintltiflora, and other species. 



5. Wichuraiana, Cr6pin (R. bracteata, Hort., not 

 Wendl.). MEMORIAL ROSE. Fig. 2155. Half -evergreen 

 shrub with prostrate and creeping branches : Ifts. 

 roundish or broadly obovate, usually obtuse, serrate, 

 glabrous, shining above, /-% in. long: corymbs few- 

 fld. or many-fld., pyramidal: fls. white, fragrant, l%-2 

 in. across; styles pubescent; pedicels slightly glandu- 

 lar-hispid: fr. ovoid, to % in. high. July-Sept. Japan. 

 B.M. 7421 (as R. Lucia). G.F. 4:569; 6:337. G.C. III. 

 22:99. R.H. 1898:105, 106. M.D.G. 1898:580-585. -A 

 handsome Rose for covering banks and rockeries. A 

 number of hybrids, especially with Hybrid Tea Roses, 

 have been raised. G.F. 6:337. Mn. 8, p. 27, 156. Gng. 

 6:353-355. Var. riibra, Andre 1 , with single carmine fls., 

 l%-2 in. across, and the Ivs. with 5-7, somewhat larger 

 Ifts., is a hybrid of R. Wichuraiana and R. multiflora, 

 var. Crimson Rambler. R.H. 1901, p. 20. 



6. sempervirens, Linn. Evergreen shrub with long 

 and slender sarmentose, somewhat reddish branches: 



ROSA 



Ifts. 5-7, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, serrulate, gla- 

 brous, shining above, H-2 in. long: fls. in few-fld. 

 corymbs white, to 2 in. across, slightly fragrant ; 



3151. Crimson Rambler Rose. See Xo. 2. 



3152. Rosa setigera (X nearly %). See Xo. 4. 



pedicels glandular-hispid; style. usually pubescent: fr. 

 subglobose or ovoid, orange-red. June, July. S. Eu- 

 rope, N. Afr. B.R. 6:465. -Var. prostrata, Nichols. (R. 

 prostrata, Lindl.). Lfts. smaller, oval, acute: fr. ovoid. 

 Var. scandens, Nichols. (R. scandens, Mill.). Lfts. ob- 

 long or oval, obtuse: fr. subglobose. There are some 

 double-fld. garden forms, probably hybrids with other 

 climbing Roses. Less hardy than the preceding and the 

 following. 



7. arvensis, Huds. (R. repens, Scop. 7?. silvestris, 

 Herrm.). Deciduous shrubs, with sarmentose or creep- 

 ing stems : Ifts. usually 7, ovate to ovate - elliptic, 

 acute, serrate, dull above, glabrous or slightly pubes- 

 cent beneath, rather thin, %-\% in. long: fls. in few-fld. 

 corymbs, sometimes solitary, white, scentless, l%-2 in. 

 across; style glabrous: fr. ovoid. June, July. Europe. 

 B.M. 2054. 



Var. capreolata, Neill. AYRSHIRE ROSE. Lfts, usu- 

 ally 5, larger: fls. double, white to deep pink. It may 

 be a hybrid with If. Gallica. Hardy. 



8. moschata, Mill. (R. Brunbni, Lindl. ) . MUSK ROSE. 

 Deciduous shrub with sarmentose or climbing branches: 

 Ifts. 5-7, oval or oblong, mostly acuminate, serrulate, 

 usually pubescent beneath, 1-2% in. long: fls. white, 

 fragrant with the odor of musk, l%-2 in. across, single 

 or double; styles pubescent: fr. ovate, small. July. S. 

 Asia, Abyssinia. B.R. 10.829. F.S. 4:366-367. "B.M. 

 4030. Naturalized in some localities in Ala. in a form 

 with rather broad, acute or obtusish Ivs. Var. Abyssin- 

 ica, Cre"p. (R. Abyssinica, Lindl.). More prickly: flow- 

 ering branchlets shorter; inflorescence more compact; 

 sepals with smaller lobes. Var. Leschenaultii, Crep. (R. 

 LeschenauUii, Wight & Am.). Fls. larger, in few-fld. 

 corymbs; pedicels and receptacle glandular-hispid. R. 

 Pissdrdii, Carr., a vigorous-growing Rose with numer- 

 ous white fls., figured in R.H. 1880, p. 314, 315, is also 

 a form of the Musk Rose. Several hybrids are known; 

 the most important is R. 2foisettiana'(See No. 12). The 

 Musk Rose is a handsome free-flowering climbing Rose, 

 but is not hardy north. 



