334 Oedeb 41.— KOSAOEiE. 



with a leafy* appendage ; petals 5 (greatly multiplied by culture) ; 

 achenia oo, bony, hispid, included in and attached to the inside of the 

 fleshy tube of the calyx. — Shrubby and prickly. Lvs. unequally pin- 

 nate. Stip. mostly adnate to the petiole. 



0'>s. Our inniimerablo varieties of garden Roses have mostly originated "n-ith the few speclM 

 mentioned below. To define these varieties in order to their recognition wonld generally be im- 

 possible, for their forms are as evanescent as their names are arbitrary. All that the author hera 

 jiroposes is to .aid the botanist in tracing back each form to the species whence it sprung. This 

 will be easily done in all cases except witb tho hybrids. 



§ Styles cohering in an exserted column. Climbers (a). 



§ Styles not cohering — Stipules nearly free and caducous (b). 



-^Stipules adnate to the petiole. — Prickles recurved (c). 

 — Prickles straight (d). 



a Leaflets 8 to 5, mostly 8. Native and cultivated No. 1 



a Leaflets 5 to 9.^.Stipules aud sepals mostly entire Nos. 11,12 



— Stipules pectinate. Sepals entire No. •" 



— Stipules entire. Sepals pennatifid No. 1^ 



b Penduncle very short, enveloped in bracts. Leaflets 5 to 9 No. 4 



b Penduncle elongated, bractless. Leaflets 8 to 5. — Thorny, mostly climbing. .Nos. 2, li» 



— Thornless, erect No. 24 



C Leaflets not at all glandular. Shrubs erect, — wild No. y 



— cultivated .■ No.s. IS. H 



C Leaflets glandular and fragrant beneath. — Flowers single Nos. 9, \^ 



— Flowers double Nos. 15 — 17 



d Wild, native Roses, l—8f erect Nos. 6, 6, 7 



d Cultivated exotics, climbing (No. 20) or erect Nos. 21— 2is 



1 R. setigera Mx. Miohigan or Praikie Rose. Branches elongated, ascend, 

 glabrous ; spines few, strong, stipular ; Ifts. large, 3 to 5, ovate ; stip. narrow, 

 adherent, acuminate ; fis. corymbous ; cal. glandular, segm. subentire ; sty. united; 

 ft. globous. — This splendid species is a native of Mich, and other States W. and 

 S. About 20 varieties are enumerated in cultivation, among which is the Balti- 

 more Belle. They are hardy, of rapid growth, and capable of being trained 12 to 

 20f Pis. in very large clusters, changeable in hue, nearly scentless, and of short 

 duration. 



2 R. lasvlgita Mx. Cherokee Rose. Glabrous and pohshed ; branches long, 

 trailing, armed with very strong, curved prickles ; Ifts. 3, rarely 5, coriaceous-, 

 evergreen, shining, eUiptical, sharply serrate ; stip. free, setaceous, deciduous ; fls. 

 solitary ; cal. bristly, sep. entire. — In hedges, etc., Fla. (Tallahassee), N. to Tenn., 

 etc. Sts. very long, numerous, and with their broad, hooked pricks, make tho 

 most impervious of all hedges. Fls. often 3' diam., white. Apr. — Common also 

 in gardens. § China. 



3 R. multifl6ra Seringe. Many-flowered, or Japan Eose. Branches, ped. 

 and cal. tomentous ; shoots very long; prickles slender, scattered; Ifts. 5 to 1, 

 ovate-lanceolate, soft and sMghtly rugous ; stip. pectinate, fimiriate ; fls. corymb- 

 ous, often numerous; flower-bud ovoid-globous ; sep. short; sty. exserted, 

 scarcely cohering in an elongated pilous column ; pet. white, varying through 

 roseate to purple. — Grows in hedges with No. 2, about Tallahassee (Plank road t» 

 Bellair). Shrub with luxuriant shoots, easily trained to the height of 15 to 201'. 

 — Among its varieties are the Seven Sisters, Boursault's, etc. § Japan. 



4 R. braotedta Linn. Maoaetnbt Rose. Branches erect, tomentous ; prickles 

 recurved, often double ; Ifts. 5 to 9, obovate, subsorrato, coriaceous, smooth, and 

 shining ; stip. fimbriate-setaoeous ; Jis. solitary, terminal, with large hracts subtend- 

 ing the calyx ,- ped. and cal. tomentous ; fr. globous, large, orange. — ^Naturalized 

 in hedges near N. Orleans (Eiddell in T. and G.) Fls. large, white. § China. 

 Tarieties with cream-colored to scarlet fls. 



3 R. lilcida Ehrh. Shinino, or "Wilb Rose. St. low ; prickles scattered, seta- 

 ceous, the stipular largest, straight ; Ifts. 5 to 9, eUiptical, simply serrate, smooth 

 and shining above ; petioles glabrous or subhispid ; fls. generally iu pairs (1 to 

 3) ; fr. depressed, globous, and with the peduncles, glandular-hispid. — Shrub 1 to 

 3f high, in dry woods or thickets throughout the TJ. S., slender, with greenisli 

 branches. Lfts. acute or obtuse, odd one petiolate, the others sessile. Sepals 

 often appondiculate, as long as the large, obcordate, pale-red petals. Fr. small, 

 red. Jn. Jl. (R. Carolina Mx., nee Bw.) 



