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ought not to be shortened. This beautiful species is said to flower freely, 

 if grafted on the musk cluster at 8ft. or 10ft. from the ground; or it will 

 do well on the China rose. It is grown in great abundance in Italy, where 

 its flowers produce a magnificent effect, from their large size, doubleness, 

 and brilliant yellow colour. It is one of the oldest inhabitants of our 

 gardens, though the exact year of its introduction is unknown. " Ludovico 

 Berthema tells us, in 1503, that he saw great quantities of yellow roses at 

 Calicut, whence it appears probable,- that both the single and double- 

 flowered varieties were brought into Europe by the Turks; as Parkinson 

 tells us, in a work which he dedicated to Henrietta, the queen of our 

 unfortunate Charles I., that the double yellow rose * was first procured 

 to be brought to England, by Master Nicholas Lete, a worthy merchant of 

 London, and a great lover of flowers, from Constantinople, which (as we 

 hear) was first brought thither from Syria, but perished quickly both with 

 him, and with all other to whom he imparted it ; yet afterwards it was sent 

 to Master John de Frangueville, a merchant of London, and a great lover 

 of all rose plants, as well as flowers, from which is sprung the greatest store 

 that is now flourishing in this kingdom.' " (Sylva Florifera, ii. p. 190.) 



j* 25. R. SPINOSI'SSIMA L. The most spiny, or Scotch, Rose. 



Identification. Lin. Fl. Suec., 442. ; Sp., 491. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 568. 

 Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 187. ; Hayne Abbild., t. 37. ; and our fig. 487. 



Spec. Char., %c. Prickles unequal. Leaflets flat, glabrous, simply serrated. 

 (Don's Mill., ii. p. 568.) A dwarf compact bush, with creeping suckers. 

 Flowers small, solitary, white or blush-coloured. Fruit ovate, or nearly 

 round, black or dark purple. Native of Europe; plentiful in Britain. 

 Shrub, 1 ft. to 2 ft. high ; flowering in May and June. 



Varieties. A great many varieties have been raised 

 of this rose, with flowers double, semidouble, white, 

 purple, red, and even yellow. The first double 

 variety was found in a wild state, in the neighbour- 

 hood of Perth, by Mr. Brown of the Perth Nur- 

 sery, who raised a number of others from seed. 

 Mr. Austin of the Glasgow Nursery also raised 

 upwards of 50 select varieties ; and, subsequently, 

 the number of these varieties for sale in the nur- 

 series has become so great, and they are changing 

 their names so often, that it would be useless to 

 attempt to give a list of them in this work. Those 

 who wish to procure a collection will succeed best 

 by procuring the latest descriptive catalogue of 

 roses published by nurserymen. That of the 

 Sawbridgeworth Nursery has been already mentioned (p. 749.) ; and we can 

 also recommend those of Woods of Maresfield, and Hooker of Brenchley, 

 both in Kent ; and the select lists of Messrs Loddiges, Mr. Lee, Mr. Donald, 

 Messrs. Whitley and Osborne, and Messrs. Buchanan and Oldroyd. 



a 26. R. HIBE'RNICA Smith. The Irish Rose. 



Identification. Smith in Engl. Bot, 2196. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 569. 



Engraving. Eng. Bot, t. 21!.i. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Prickles unequal, slightly hooked, smaller ones bristle-formed. Leaflets ovate, 

 acute, simply serrated, with the ribs hairy beneath. Sepals pinnate. Fruit nearly globular, smooth, 

 as well as the peduncles. (Don't Mill., ii. p. 569.) Flowers small, light blush-coloured. Fruit 

 orange-coloured. Native of Ireland, in the counties of Derry and Down, in thickets. A shrub, 

 from 4ft. to 6ft. in height, and flowering from June to November. 



27. R. OXYACA'NTHA Bicb. The sharp-prickled Rose. 



Identification. Bieb. Fl. Taur., 3. p. 338. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 569. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Stems very prickly. Prickles setaceous, reversed. Petioles prickly and glandular. 

 Leaflets sharply and simply serrated, glabrous. Sepals undivided. Peduncles clothed with glan- 

 dular bristles; when in fruit, reflexed. Fruit nearly globose, glabrous. (Don\s Mill., ii. p. 569.) 

 Flowers red. A native of Siberia. A shrub, from 3 ft. to 5 ft. high, and flowering in June and July 



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