SPECIES AS GARDEN ROSES 31 



R. humilis. — A white Rose. R. humilis rugosa is an ex- 

 cellent bush garden Rose with pink flowers. 



R. indica. — The type of the China Rose, but there are other 

 forms of R. indica that are apparently the types of some 

 of the Teas. 



R. lavigata. — A native of China; it makes a good pillar or 

 climbing Rose in the south of England, though it 

 is better in France. It has shining leaves and large 

 white flowers. 



R. lucida. — A well-known garden Rose from North America, 

 with shining leaves and rose-coloured flowers. It grows 

 into bushy masses. The double variety, though not 

 common, is very beautiful. 



R. lutea. — An oriental yellow Brier, the origin of the double 

 Persian yellow, and of the Austrian Copper. 



R. macrantha. — Single large rose coloured 3 a wild hybrid of 

 canina and gallica. 



R. macrophylla. — A handsome, tall growing Rose with many 

 large, full-pink flowers. It makes a good pillar Rose and 

 deserves to be more generally planted. 



R. microphylla. — A Chinese Rose with buff-coloured wood 

 and straight, sharp, gooseberry-like prickles. The bud 

 is curious from the prickly calyx. The double variety 

 is a handsome flat flower, light pink, with crimson 

 centre. 



R. mollis pomifera. — The Apple-bearing Rose of older gardens. 

 The foliage is soft and bluish, the flowers pink and the 

 hips large and handsome. 



R. moschata = R. Brunoni. — A rambling Himalayan Rose of 

 great beauty, bearing a quantity of clustered white bloom 

 and having graceful bluish foliage. Best used to ramble 

 through trees and bushes. 



R. multiflora = polyantha. — Of eastern Asiatic origin. It 

 makes large bushy brakes by itself and is the parent of 

 many of our best rambling Roses. 



