ROSE FAMILY 



serrate, rounded at base ; texture thick, veins and veinlets 

 deeply depressed. Autumnal tints are a combination of bronze- 

 purple, red, pink, orange and yellow. Stipules extremely nar- 

 row. Petiole prickly, glandular -pubescent. 



Flowers. — June, July. Corymbose, varying from deep to 

 pale pink, two and a half to three inches across, destitute of 

 fragrance. Calyx-lobes ovate, acute, glandular, finally decidu- 

 ous ; petals obcordate ; styles cohere in a protruding column, as 

 long as the stamens. 



Fruit. — Hip, red, globose, more or less glandular, three- 

 eighths to half an inch in diameter. 



Rosa setigcra is our only native climbing rose and is 

 the parent of the Baltimore Belle and other double 

 climbing varieties. In its single state it is one of our 

 most beautiful roses, with its clean handsome foliage 

 and full clusters of flowers, deep rose pink as they 

 first expand but very pale before they fall. Only one 

 defect can be found, they are nearly scentless. The 

 blooming season is late; when the flowers of nearly 

 all other species have faded, these are in their prime. 



Left to grow in a natural way, the stems will climb 

 twelve or fifteen feet among the branches of other 

 shrubs and small trees, and lift their flower clusters 

 far above ordinary reach. If, however, the bush is 

 planted alone and allowed to develop, the stems will 

 rise three or four feet, then arch and bend over with 

 tips trailing on the ground, presenting a unique and 

 attractive appearance. 



The colors that the leaves take on in autumn when 

 the long arching stems turn purple and are coated 

 with a glaucous bloom, present a bewildering confu- 

 sion of green and purple bronzes, brightened with 

 pink and rose and dull red, with yellow and orange. 



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