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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART III. 



near Tunbridge Wells. The best collection of roses in England is, however, 

 unquestionably, that of Messrs. Rivers and Son at Sawbridgeworth ; and the 

 best in France, that of the private garden of the Luxembourg Palace. This 

 garden has long been under the management of Mr. Hardy, who has always 

 been an assiduous collector of roses from all countries, and who has raised a 

 great many new sorts from seed. In this garden there are some of, perhaps, 

 the largest standard roses in the world, many of which have stems 4 ft. or 5 ft. 

 high, and as thick as a stout man's leg. (See Gard. Mag., ii. p. 215., and 

 xii. p. 225.) 



i. Ferbces Lindl. Mon., p. 3. 



Derivation. Fromferox, fierce; in reference to the branches being thickly beset with prickles. 



Sect. Char. Branches clothed with permanent tomentum. Fruit naked. The 

 plants contained in this section are a truly natural group ; they are low 

 shrubs, losing their leaves early in autumn, and are then remarkable for 

 their hoary branches, bristles, and numerous prickles. Their fruit is per- 

 fectly smooth, which separates them from the next section, in which the 

 fruit is downy. Sepals usually toothed. (Don's Mill., ii. p. 565.) 



1. R. FE'ROX Lawr. The fiercely-prickled Rose. 



Identification. Lawr. Ros., t. 42. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 565. 

 Synonymes. R. kamtschfttica Red. Ros., 1. p. 47. ; R. kamschatica 



/3 ftrox Ser. in Dec. Prod., 2. p. 607. ; R. echinata Dupont. 

 Engravings. Lawr. Ros., t. 42. ; Red. Ros., 1. p. 47. t. 12, ; and 



OUT fig. 471. 



Spec. Ctiar., $c. Prickles all alike in shape, and 

 much crowded. Flowers large, red. Fruit glo- 

 bose, scarlet. (Don's Mill., ii. p. 565.) A shrub, 

 a native of Caucasus, introduced in 1796, grow- 

 ing to the height of 3 ft. or 4 ft., and flowering 

 in July and August. A singular shrub, and on 

 that account deserving a place in collections. 

 Variety. 



a R. /. 2 nitens Lindl. in Sot. Reg., t. 824., 

 Ser. in Dec. Prod., ii. p. 607, has shining 

 pale green glabrous leaves, and pale crimson flowers. 



* 2. R. (F.) KAMTSCHA'TICA Vent. The Kamtschatka Rose. 



Identification. Vent Cels., t. 67. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 565. 



Engravings. Vent. Cels., t. 67. ; N. Du Ham., vol. 7. t. 10. f. 2. ; and our 

 fig- 472. 



Spec. Char., $c. Prickles infra-stipular, falcate, large. Leaves opaque. 

 Flowers solitary, deep red. Fruit spherical, scarlet, less than that of R. 

 fdrox. (Don's Mill., ii. p. 565.) Native of Kamtschatka, in dry rocky 

 places. Introduced in 1791; growing to the height of 3ft. or 4ft., and 

 flowering in June and July. From the appearance of the plants bearing 

 this numc in the extensive collection in Messrs. Loddiges's arboretum, we 

 should consider it to be only a variety of R. fdrox. It is, however, very 

 distinct, and well deserving a place in collections. 



ii. Bracteatce. 



472 



Sect. Char. Branches and fruit clothed with permanent tomentum. This sec- 

 tion is readily distinguished from the last by the woolliness of the fruit. 

 Leaves dense, usually shining, and prickles placed under the stipules in 

 pairs. Sepals simple, or nearly so. (Don's Mill., ii. p. 565.) 



3. R. BRACTEA^TA Wcndl. The /arge-bracted Rose. 



Identification. Wendl. Obs., 50. ; Hort. Herrenhaus., fasc. 4. p. 7. t. 22. ; Red. Ros., 1. p. 35 , ic. ; 



Lindl. Kos. Mon., p. 10. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. fi02. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 5R3. 

 Synonyme. Lord Macartney's Rose. 

 Engravings. Wendl. Hort. Herrenhaus., fasc. 4. t.22. ; Red. Ros., 1. p. 35., ic. ; Vent. Cels., 28. ; 



N. Du Ham., 7. t 13. ; and our fig. 473. 



Spec. Char., <fyc. Evergreen. Branches upright, tomentose. Prickles 

 stout, recurved, in many instances in pairs. Leaflets 5 9, obovate, stib- 

 serrate, coriaceous, glossy, glabrous. Stipules scarcely attached to the 

 petiole, bristle-shaped, but fringed. Flowers solitary, terminal, white, 



