FLOWERS OF GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE 
R. indica (Indian). China or Monthly Rose. Stems varying from 
4 to 20 feet, the stout branches armed with hooked prickles. Leaves 
smooth, shining; leaflets three or five, dark above, glaucous beneath, 
elliptical, with roundish saw-teeth; leaf-stalk prickly. Flowers semi¬ 
double, red, profuse; petals heart-shaped, concave. Fruit egg-shaped, 
scarlet. Flowers throughout the year. Native of China (introduced in 
1789). 
The Bourbon, Noisette, Bengal, and Tea Roses all owe their existence in part or 
wholly to this species. R. borbonica is probably a hybrid between R. indica and R. 
gallica ; R. noisettiana between R. indica and R. moschata. The variety diversifolia 
has purple flowers and weak slender branches; it is the parent of our Monthly Roses 
(formerly called R. bengalensis and R. semperflorens). The variety flore pleno is merely 
a fully double form; it has in turn produced many garden varieties. Variety fragrans 
possesses a far stronger fragrance than the usual tea-s 
longifolia has almost single rosy flowers; stem with fe 
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prickles. Variety mini 
„*,metimes called Fairy Ros 
fc species and called Miss Lawrence’s Rose I 
R LUCID A (clear). Stems 1 to 2 feet, armed with prickly bristles, 
slender and stout, the latter only persistent. Leaves smooth and shining 
above, the leaflets five, seven, or nine in number; oblong, lance-shaped; 
saw-toothed. Flowers solitary or in clusters of two or three; calyx lobes 
covered with glandular bristles; May to July. Fruit globular, flattened 
at top. Introduced from North America (1724). There is a variety flore 
pleno with double flowers, called by florists the Lucida Rose Button. 
R. lutea (yellow). Austrian Briar, or Eglantine. Stems, with erect 
branches and straight prickles, 3 feet high. Leaflets five to nine, egg- 
shaped with a tendency to roundness, deeply saw-toothed; dark and 
shining above, downy and glandular beneath. Flowers few and large, 
cup-shaped, yellow; calyx tube hemispherical or globular, smooth; 
petals heart-shaped; June. Odour not so pleasant as that of other 
roses—in truth, it has been compared to the characteristic smell of the 
bug tribe. The varieties are not numerous, the principal one being that 
represented in Plate 81 (Vol. H.). This is the variety punicea, with the 
petals scarlet within and yellow without, and purple stigmas; it is 
sometimes called the Capuchin Briar. There is also a variety flore pleno 
(Persian Yellow) with double flowers, and variety Harrisoni, also double 
yellow. 
R. moschata (musky). Stems stout, climbing, 7 to 10 feet high, 
much branched, and armed with strong hooked prickles. Leaflets 5 or 9, 
oval, lance-shaped, toothed; glaucous beneath; midrib hairy. Flowers 
yellowish white, 1| to 2 inches across, in clusters of about 7; odorous; 
August. Calyx tube small, egg-shaped; fruit dark red. The sepals, 
which have their edges lobed in a pinnate manner, fall off soon after the 
