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double flowers, of a most delicious fragrance, strongly resembling the scent of the 

 finest green tea. There are numerous subvarieties. 



G6. R. SEMPERFLO V REN3 Curf. The ever-flowering China Rose. 



Identification. Curt. Bot. Mag., t. 284 ; Smith Exot. Bot. 2, p. 91 ; Jacq. Schonbr., 

 3, p. 281 ; Don's Mill., 2, p. 582. 



Synonytnes. R. diversifulia Vent. Cels., t. 35 ; R. bengalensis Pers. Enck., 2, p. 50 ; 

 R. indica Red. Ros., 1, p. 49, t. 13, p. 123, t. 46, and 2, p. 37, t. 16. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Branches dark green, armed with scattered, compressed, 

 hooked prickles, and a very few glands. Leaflets 35, ovate-lanceolate, crenate- 

 serratcd, shining above, but glaucous and slightly setigerous beneath. Sepals 

 compound, narrow. Fruit spherical. Native of China. Flowers solitary, single, 

 or semi-double, deep crimson. There are some very splendid varieties of this 

 species, with semi-double crimson flowers, in our gardens; and the French appear 

 to have some others still more beautiful, which have not yet been imported. A 

 shrub, growing from 8 ft. to 10 ft. in height, and flowering throughout the year. 

 For this beautiful rose we are indebted to Gilbert Slater, Low-Layton, Essex, a 

 gentleman to whose memory a genus has not yet been devoted, though he was the 

 means of introducing several of our finest plants. 



67. R. LAWRENCEA V NA Swt. Lawrence's China Rose. 



Identification. Sweet Hort. Suburb ; Lindl. Ros., p. 110 ; Don's Mill., 2, p. 532. 



Synonymes. R. samperflorens minima Sims Bot. Mag., t. 1762 ; R. indica var. a acu- 

 minata Red. Ros., 1, p. 53 ; R. indica Lawrence^no Red. Ros., 2, p. 38. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Dwarf. Prickles large, stout, nearly straight. Leaflets ovate, 

 acute, finely serrated. Petals acuminated. Native of China. Flowers small, single 

 or semi-double, pale blush. A shrub, 1 ft. in height, which flowers throughout the year. 

 The beautiful little plants called fairy roses are nearly all varieties of R. Lawrenceo?ia; 

 and they are well worthy of culture, from their extreme dwarfness (often flowering when 

 not more than six inches high), and the beautiful color of their miniature rose-buds, the 

 petals of which appear of a much darker hue than those of the expanded flower. 



IX. SY'STYLr^J Lindl. 

 



Derivation. From sun, together, and stulos, a style ; in reference to the styles being 

 connected. 



Sect. Char. Styles cohering together into an elongated column. 

 Stipules adnate. The habit of this section is nearly the same as that 

 of the last division. The leaves are frequently permanent. 



68. R. SY'STYLA Bat. The connate-style Rose. 



Identification. Bat. Fl. Main, et Loir. Suppl., 31 ; Don's Mill., 2, p. 582. 



Synonymes. R. collina Smith in Eng. Bot., t. 1895; R. stylosa Desv. Journ. Bot., 

 2, p. 317 ; R. brevistyla Dec. Fl. Fr. Suppl, p. 537 ; R. bibracteata Dec., 1 c. ; R. sy'styla 

 a ovata Lindl. Ros., p. 111. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Shoots assurgent. Prickles strong, hooked. Peduncles glandular. 

 Sepals pinnate, deciduous. Styles smooth. Floral receptacle conical. Native of 

 France and England, in hedges and thickets ; common in Sussex; at Walthamstow, 

 duendon, and Clapton, near London ; at Dunnington Castle. Berkshire ; near Penshurst, 

 Kent; and Hornsey, Middlesex; hills in the south of Scotland. Flowers fragrant, 

 pink or almost white. Fruit ovate-oblons:. A shrub, growing from 8 ft. to 12 ft. in 

 height, and flowering from May to July. There are several varieties, but they do not 

 differ materially in appearance from the species. 



69. R. ARVE'NSIS Buds. The Field Rose. 



Identification. Huds. Fl. Angl., ed. 1, p. 192, according to Lindl. Ros., Mon ; Lin. 

 Mant., p. 245; Dec. Prod., 2, p. 596. 



Synonymes. R. sylvestris Hem. Diss., p. 10 ; R. scandens Mcench Weiss. PL, p. 

 118; R. herperhodon Ekrh. Beitr., 2, p. 69 ; A'. Hdlleri Krok. Siles,2,p. 150; R. fiisca 

 Mcench Met'i., p. 688; R. serpens Ehrh. Arbor., p. 35; R. semnervircns Rossig. Ros; 

 R. ripens Gmel Pi. Bad. Als. 2, p. 418, Jacq. Fragm., p. 69, t. 104 ; R. nimpans Reyn. 

 Mem. Laus. 1, p. 69, t. 5. 



