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more double flowers, of a purplish color ; and no climbing rose belter deserves cul- 

 tivation against a wall. It is easily known from R. multiflora by the fringed edge 

 of the stipules; while those of the common R. multiflora have much less Iringe, 

 and the leaves are smaller, with the leaflels much less rugose. The form of the 

 blossoms and corymbs is pretty nearly the .same in both. A plant of this variety 

 on the gable end of R. Donald's house, in the Goldworth Nur.sery, in I8'2(), covered 

 above 100 square feet, and had more than 100 corymbs of bloom. Some of the co- 

 rymbs had more than 50 buds in a cluster ; and the whole a ve raged about 30 in each 

 corymb ; sj that the amount of flower buds was about 3000. The variety of color 

 produced by the buds at first opening was not less astonishing than their number. 

 White, light blush, deeper blush, light red, darker red, scarlet, and purple flow- 

 ers, all appeared in the same corymb; and the production of these seven colors at 

 once is said to be the reason why this plant is called the seven sisters rose. This 

 tree produced a shoot the same year which grew 18 ft. in length in two or three 

 weeks'. This variety, when in a deep free soil, and an airy situation, is of very 

 vigorous growth, and a free flowerer ; but the shoots are of a bramble-like texture, 

 and the plant, in consequence, is but of temporary duration. R. Donald's R. 

 Grevillet died in three or lour years. 



R. VI. 3 Russcllia.nFi is a variety diff^^ring considerably, in flowers and foliage, 

 Irom the species, but retaining the fringed toot-stalk; and i.s, hence, quite distinct 

 from R. sempervirens Russell/d/m. 



R. m. 4 Doursaidtv Hurt., DoursanU's Rose, is placed, in Don's Miller, under 

 this species; though it difl"ers more liom the preceding variety than many .species 

 do from each other. It is comparatively a hard-wooded, durable rose, and valua- 

 ble for flowering early and freely. This is a very remarkable rose, from its pe- 

 tals having a reticulated appearance. 



72. 7?. Bruno\»jii Lindl. Brown's Rose. 



Identification. Lindl. Ros. Monog., p. 120, t. 14; Dec. Prod., 2, p. 598. 



Synonyme. R. Bruwnii Spreng. Syst., 2, p. 556. 



Spec. Ckar., d^c. Shoots trailing. Prickles of the stem stout and arched. Leaflets 

 5 — 7, lanceolate, pilose on both surfaces ; the under one glandulous, and of a diflerent 

 color from the upper one. Stipules narrow, acute. Inflorescence corymbose. Pedun- 

 cles and calyxes pilose, and a little hispid. Sepals entire, narrow, and longish. Styles 

 cohering into a very long pilose column. Fruit ovate. A native of Nepal. Leaves 

 simply serrated. Flowers in terminal bunches, white or pale red. A rambling shrub, 

 flowering in June and July. 



73. R. moschaVa Mill. The Musk Rose. 



Identification. Mill.' Diet., No. 13; Red. et Thor. Ros., 1, p. 33, ic, and p.* 99, ic; 

 Lindl. Rosar. Monog., p. 121 ; Dec. Prod., 2, p. 59S ; Don's Mill., 2, p. 583. 



Synonymes. R. opsostemma Ehrh. Deltr., 2, p. 72 ; R. glandulifera Roxb. 



Spec. Ckur., <^c. Shoots ascending. Prickles upon the stem slender, recurved. 

 Leaflets 5 — 7, lanceolate, acuminate, nearly glabrous, the two surfaces of different 

 colors. Stipules very narrow, acute. Flowers, in many instances, very numer- 

 ous; white, with the claws of the petals yellow; very fragrant. Lateral pedun- 

 cles jointed, and, as well as the calyx, pilose, and almost hispid. Sepals almost 

 pinnately cut, long. Fruit red, 1 ovate. 



Description, (^-c. The branches of the musk rose are generally too weak to sup- 

 port, without props, its large bunches of flowers, which are produced in an umbel- 

 like manner at their extremities. The musky odor is very perceptible, even at 

 some distance from the plant, particularly in the evening, — 



" When each inconstant breeze that blowa 

 Steals essence t>om the musky rose." 



It is said to be a native of Barbary ; but this has been doubted. It is, however, 

 found wild in Tunis, and is cultivated there for the sake of an essential oil, which 

 is obtained from the petals by distillation. It has also been found wild in Spain. 

 The first record of the musk rose having been cultivated in England is in Hakluyt, 

 m 1582, who states that the musk rose was brought to England from Italy. It 

 was in common cultivation in the time of Gerard, and was formerly much valued 

 for its musky fragrance, when that scent was the fashionable pcTfume. The Per- 



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