THE WILD ROSES OF OTHER LANDS 141 



Rosa bracteata, the Macartney rose, a native of China, 

 is one of the most beautiful of all the species, but un- 

 fortunately it is not hardy enough for general outdoor 

 culture in the British Isles. In the milder counties it 

 thrives excellently, and many a low wall or fence is 

 made beautiful by its luxuriant growth and flowers. 

 The evergreen leaves are usually composed of from five 

 to nine broadly oval or elliptical leaflets, and the white 

 flowers, which are often four inches across, are produced 

 singly or in clusters during August and September. 

 There is a variety with double flowers, but the typical 

 plant is the more ornamental. 



Rosa californica is a strong-growing rose from Cali- 

 fornia, Oregon, etc. Under suitable conditions it attains 

 a height of from five to eight feet. The red flowers are 

 borne in large clusters on the more vigorous shoots 

 and a few together on the weaker branches. The red 

 fruits are rather small, with long calyx lobes. The 

 variety fiore plena is low growing, with showy double 

 flowers. 



Rosa Carolina. — ^This is a North American plant, from 

 two to four feet high. When growing vigorously the 

 reddish shoots axe clothed with a pretty, glaucous bloom 

 which makes them attractive during winter. The red- 

 dish flowers may be borne singly from small axillary 

 shoots or in clusters. The variety nuttalliana is a 

 stronger-growing plant than the type, and sometimes 

 bears very large heads of flowers. 



Rosa cinnamomea, a vigorous rose widely distributed 

 throughout the Northern hemisphere, sometimes attains 



