

THE ROSE. 23 
Towards Constantinople the R. sulphurea dis- 
plays its double flowers of a brilliant yellow. 
The North-West of Asia, which has been signal- 
ized as the Father-land of the Rose-tree, intro- 
duces to our admiration the Rosa centifolia, the 
Hundred-petal rose, the most esteemed of all, and 
celebrated by the poets of every age and country, 
and with which the fair Georgians and Circas- 
sians adorn their persons. The R. ferox mingles 
its large red blossoms and thorny branches with 
those of the centifolia or hundred-leaved, and the 
R. pulvurulenta is also seen on the peak of Nar- 
gana, of the Circassian chain. In the north of 
Asia, Siberia boasts of three species ; advancing 
further north in the Russian provinces ten or 
twelve other species are found, in particular the 
R. Kamschatica, bearing solitary pink flowers. 
AFRICA. 
On the plains towards Tunis is found Rosa 
Moschata, the Musk rose, whose tufts of white 
flowers give out such a musky exhalation. 
This charming species is also found in Egypt, 
Moroeco and the Island of Madeira; in Egypt 
also grows the Rosa canina or Dog-rose, 80 com- 



