THE ROSE 



parks, as an iindcrslirub, to brighten the dull places. 

 Its midsummer bloom is also in its favor for garden 

 planting. 



THE ROSE 



Rosa. 



Rosa is the ancient Latin name of the flower. 



Erect or climbing shrubs, generally with subterranean root- 

 stocks, which send up suckers at some distance from the parent. 

 Stems usually i)rickly ; stalks and foliage often bearing aromatic 

 glands ; flowers usually fragrant. 



Leaves. — Alternate, odd-pinnate, with stipules which grow 

 fast to the petioles. Leaflets vary in number from three to 

 eleven. 



Flozvcrs. — Solitary or in loose corymbs; pink, red, or white 

 in our species. 



Calyx. — Cup-shaped, or urn-shaped, constricted at the throat, 

 becoming fleshy in fruit, five-lobed ; lobes spreading, deciduous 

 or persistent. 



Corolla. — Petals five, obovate or obcordate, inserted upon the 

 edge of the disk that lines the calyx-tube. 



Stamens. — Many, inserted with the petals at the edge of the 

 calyx-disk. 



Pistil. — Made up of many separate carpels seated within the 

 urn-shaped cup ; ovaries hairy ; styles distinct or united. 



Fruit. — Achenes, numerous, enclosed in the berry-like fruiting 

 calyx-cup, called a hip. This hip becomes pink or red or orange 

 at maturity. 



Six species of native wild roses are common within 

 the range covered by this volume, besides two or three 

 that ''come out of the west" and frequently cross the 

 border ; there are in addition two acclimated species. 

 The specific characters that differentiate them refer 

 principally to the habit, the leaves, and the stem, rather 



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