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wan, and as far as the Bear Lake : growing to the height of 2 ft. or 3 ft., and flowering 

 from March to June. 



10. R. FRUTETO X RUM JBess. The Coppice Rose. 



Identification. Bess, ex Spreng. Syst. 2, p. 548; Don's Mill., 2. p. 565. 



Spec. C/iar., fyc. Prickles almost stipular, strong, reflexed. Petioles unarmed, and, 

 as well as the under surface of the leaves, villous. Leaflets elliptic. Peduncles very 

 short, glabrous. Fruit globose, glabrous. (Don's Mill., 2, p. 565.) Native of Volhy- 

 nia ; growing to the height of from 5 ft. to 6 ft., and flowering in June and July. 



11. JR. CAROLINA Lin. The Carolina Rose. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 703 ; Don's Mill., 2, p. 566. 



Synonymes. R. virginiana Du Roi Harbk., 2, p. 353: Rossing. Ros., t. 13: R. 

 paliistris Marsh. Arbr., 135; R. corymbosa Ehrh. JBeitr., 4, p. 21; R. pennsylva"nica 

 Mich. Fl. Dor. Amer., 1, p. 296 ; R. Hudsonidna Red. Ros., 1, p. 95. t. 35 ; R. carolia- 

 na JBigel. Fl. Host., 121. 



Spec. Char., <$*c. Stipules convolute. Leaflets lanceolate. Sepals spreading, (Don's 

 Mill., 2, p. 566.) Branches green, or reddish brown. Cymes 1- or many-flowered. 

 Flowers crimson. Petals concave or flat, crumpled. Fruit round, scarlet, hispid. 

 Sometimes the ends of the shoots have no prickles. Native of New England, Virgin- 

 ia, and Canada as far as the Saskatchewan; growing to the height of from 2 ft. to 8 ft., 

 and flowering in June and July. As the name of R. paliistris imports, it grows best in 

 a marshy soil. 



12. R. LINDLE V YI Spreng. Lindley's Carolina Rose. 



Identification. Spreng. Syst., 2, p. 647; Don's Mill., 2, p. 565. 



Synonymes. R. laxa Lindl. Ros., 18, t. 3 ; R. Carolina Ait. Hort. Kew., ed 2, vol. 

 3, p. 260 ; R. Carolina pimpinellifolia Andr. Ros., with a figure. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Diffuse. Branches twiggy, almost unarmed. Leaflets oblong un- 

 dulated, opaque, glaucescent. A spreading shrub, with reddish-brown branches. Flow- 

 ers rose-colored, growing usually in pairs. Native of North America. In cultiva- 

 tion, growing from 3 ft. to 4 ft. high ; and flowering in July and August. 



13. R. PARVIFLO V RA Ehr. The small-flowered, or Pennsylvanian, Rose. 



Identification. Ehrh. Beitr., 4, p. 21 ; Du Roi Harbk., 2, p. 354 ; Don's Mill., 2, 

 p. 555. 



Synonymes. R. humilis Marsh. Arb., 136 ; R caroliniana Mich. Fl. Bor. Amer., 

 1, p. 295 : R. caroli y et 6 Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2, vol. 3, p. 260 ; Pennsylvanian Rose 

 Lawr. Ros. t. 3, et t. 66, and of the nurseries. 



Spec. Char., tf-c. Dwarf. Stipules linear. Prickles acicular. Leaflets lanceolate, 

 smoothish. sharply serrated. Calyxes clammy. A very low, weak plant. Flowers 

 pale blush, usually growing by pairs. It is a native of North America, on the declivi- 

 ties of hills, in the States of New York and Carolina, where it grows to the height of 

 2 ft., flowering from June till August. 



14. R. FRAXINIFO V LIA Bork, The Ash-leaved Rose. 



Identification. Bork. Holz., 301 ; Ker Bot. Reg., t. 458 ; Don's Mill , 2, p 566. 



Synonymes. R. virginiana Mill. Diet., No. 10; R. blanda a Sol. MSS., Jacq. Fragm., 

 70, t. 105; R. corymbosa Bosc Diet. d'Agri. ex Desf. Cat. Hort. Par., p. 272?'; R. 

 alpina /? Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2, vol. 3, p. 265. R. alpina teVis Red. Ros., 1, p. 57 ; 

 Lawr. Ros., t. 75. 



Spec. Char., tf*c. Tall, unarmed. Branches straight, glaucescent. Leaflets opaque, 

 undulated, and glabrous. Branches dark purple, with a pale blue bloom. Flowers 

 small, red, in few-flowered cymes. Fruit naked, small-round or ovate, of a dull, pale 

 red. A native of Newfoundland, and on the north-west coast of America ; growing to 

 the height of from 4 ft. to 6 ft., and flowering in May and June. 



15. R. CINNAMO X MEA Besl. The Cinnamon-scented Rose. 



. Identification. Besl. Hort. Eyst. Vern, Ord., 6, p. 5; Lin. Sp., 703; Don's Mill., 

 T2, p. 566. 



Synonymes. R. foecundissima Munch. Hausv., 5, p. 279; Fl. Dan., t. 1214; R. 

 majalis Herm. Diss., 8. 



Spec. Char., <f-c. Tall, cinerous. Branches straight. Prickles s'tipular, straightish. 

 Stipules dilated, undulated. Leaflets oblong, obtuse, wrinkled, tomentose beneath. 



