CHAPTEE III. 



TECHNICAL TERMS. 



The 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 explanation, 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. 

 Calyx. An envelope wliich 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. 

 Callus. A swelling which occurs at the base 

 of a cutting previous to the formation of 

 roots. 



