

THE ROSE. 19 

THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE ROSE. 
poe in a wild state are natives of Persia, 
India, China, Barbary, Europe, and North 
America, and confined to the northern hemis- 
phere, never having been found wild very near 
to, or south of the Equator. The vast continent 
of Australia, rich in botanical treasures as it is, 
has not revealed to us a single species. 
Certain authors assign the provinces of Georgia 
and Circassia as the native places of the older 
roses; various countries possess species and 
varieties that are peculiar to them. The Rosa 
Polliniana is peculiar to Mount Baldo in Italy, 
R. Lyonii to Tennessee, while the R. arvensis or 
Field Rose is to be found in all the countries of 
Europe, and the #. canina or Dog Rose in Europe, 
as well as in a considerable portion of Asia. 
AMERICA. 
The Roses of this continent are #, blanda (the 
early wild Rose), found among the rocks and 


