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Description, fyc. This is an exceedingly beautiful and very remarkable kind of 

 rose; the flowers being small, round, and Very double, on long peduncles, and re- 

 sembling in form the flowers of the double French cherry, or that of a small ra- 

 nunculus, more than those of the generality of roses. The flowers of R. Banks^z 

 alba are remarkaly fragrant ; the scent strongly resembling that of violets. 



77. R. MICROCA'RPA Lindl. The small-fruited Rose. 

 Identification. Lindl. Rosar. Monog., 130, t. 18 ; Dec. Prod., 2, p. 601. 

 Synonyme. R. cymosa Trait. Ros., 1, p. 87. 



Spec. C7tar., fyc. Prickles scattered, recurved. Leaflets 3 5, lanceolate, shining, 

 the two surfaces different in color. Petioles pilose. Stipules bristle-shaped or awl- 

 shaped, scarcely attached to the petiole, deciduous. Flowers disposed in dichotomous 

 corymbs. Peduncles and calyxes glabrous. Styles scarcely protruded higher than the 

 plane of the spreading of the flower. Fruit globose, pea-shaped, scarlet, shining. Al- 

 lied to R. BanksitE. A native of China, in the province of Canton. Flowers very nu- 

 merous, small, white. A rambling shrub, flowering from May to September. 



1, L. BERBERIFO N LIA Lindl. The Berberry-leaved Lowea. 



Identification. Lindley in Bot. Reg., t. 1261. 



Synonymes. Rosa simplicifolia Sal. Hort. Allert., 359, Parad. Land., t. 101, Oli- 

 tier's Voyage, 5, 49, atl. t. 43 ; R. berberifolia Pall, in Nov. Act. Petr., 10, 379, t. 10, f. 

 5, Willd. Sp., 2; p. 1063, Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2, 3, p. 258, Smith in Rees' Cyclopaedia, 

 Redoute Ros., 1, 27, t. 2, Lindl. Rosarum Monog., p. 1, French edition, p. 23, Dec. Prod., 

 2, p. 602, Spreng. Syst., 2, p. 546, Wallrotk Monog., p. 25. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves undivided, without stipules, obovate-cuneate, serrated 

 at the tip. Prickles decurrent, and of the color of ivory. Sepals entire, subspath- 

 ulate. Petals yellow, marked with purple at the base. An undershrub, a native 

 of Persia, near Amadan, where it abounds in saltish soil ; and also in fields at 

 the bottom of Mount Elwend, and in the Desert of Soongaria. It grows to the 

 height of 2 ft., and flowers in June and July. It is said to be so common in Per- 

 sia, that, according to Michaux, who first brought it into France, it is used for 

 healing ovens. 



We have classed this singular plant with the Rose, although Dr. Lindley makes 

 it a separate genus, under the name of Lowea, and with very correct reasoning. 

 There are, however, many who have been accustomed to consider it a Rose, and 

 would be disappointed in not finding it here, and we therefore give it the old clas- 

 sification. 



Description, fyc. The plant of this species in the garden of the London Horti- 

 cultural Society is an undershrub, with recumbent, slender, and rather intricate 

 branches, and whitish leaves. It rarely flowers ; and, in regard to its propagation 

 and culture, Dr. Lindley, in the Dot. Reg. for August, 1829, remarks that no more 

 appears to be now known of it, than was at the period of its first introduction in 

 1790. " It resists cultivation in a remarkable manner, submitting permanently 

 neither to budding nor grafting, nor layering, nor striking from cuttings, nor, in 

 short, to any of those operations, one or other of which succeeds with other plants. 

 Drought does not suit it ; it does not thrive in wet ; heat has no beneficial effect, 

 cold no prejudicial influence; care does not improve it, neglect does not injure it. 

 Of all the numerous seedlings raised by the Horticultural Society from seeds sent 

 home by Sir Henry Wilcock, and distributed, scarcely a plant remains alive. 

 Two are still growing in a peat border in the Chiswick Garden, tjUt they are 

 languishing and unhealthy; and we confess that observation of them, in a living 

 state, for nearly four years, has not suggested a single method of improving the 

 cultivation of 'the species." These plants still remain without increase; bat 

 young plants may be obtained in some of the nurseries, which have been raised 

 from seeds; and at Vienna, as we are informed by Mr. Charles Rauch, it suc- 

 ceeds perfectly by budding on the common dog rose. 



Thunberg speaks of the Rosa rugosa, as growing in China and 

 Japan, being extensively cultivated in the gardens of those coun- 



