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ROSEBUSH. 



Family: ROSACEAE. 



Reproductive system: ICOSANDRY, POLYGYNY. 



The Champagne rosebush, Rosa rememis, Desf. Arb., is a bush with foliage that's 

 frequently thick and rounded. The leaves are small. The leaflets, five or seven in number, 

 are green above, slightly whitish underneath, and are often edged with red teeth. The 

 flowers are double, about the size of those of the pompon cabbage rosebush, and are not 

 very fragrant. The fruit is oval and practically smooth. The peduncle is glandular. 



FLOWERS: June and July. 



The evergreen rosebush, Rosa sempervirens, Linn., is a shrub that grows to be 

 twelve or fifteen feet tall when it's placed against a wall or some other support. The 

 leaves are not deciduous like those of other rosebushes. They have five to seven shiny 

 green lanceolate leaflets. The small white flowers have a musky odor. The fruit is oval 

 and smooth. The stems and petioles are armed with thorns. 



FLOWERS: June and July. It's a native plant like the one above. 



The Alpine rose bush, Rosa alpina, Linn., grows four or five feet tall. The stem 

 and petioles are devoid of thorns. The leaves have five to nine smooth, oval, dentate 

 leaflets. The dark red flowers, solitary or in pairs, are situated at the ends of the branches. 

 The sections of the calyx are simple; the fruit is globular and pendent. 



FLOWERS: August and September. 



RANGE: The Alps, the Vosges, and the Pyrenees, in rocky ground. 



The Virginia rose bush, Rosa lucida, Linn., grows about two meters tall and forms 

 a thick bush. The leaves have two straight sharp red thorns at their base. They consist of 

 five to nine oval-lanceolate leaflets that are a shiny green on top. The flowers, arranged in 

 pairs, are a fairly deep pink and have petals that are slightly indented at the tip. 



