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14 H. oanina L. Doo Rose. Prickles remote, Btrong, compressed, fal- 

 cate ; Ifts. 5 to 9, with acute, incurred, and often double serraturea ; stip. rather 

 broad, serrulate ; ped. and cal. smooth or hispid ; sep. after flowering defiexed and 

 deciduous; fr. ovoid, red. — Native of Europe. Shrub 4 to 8f high. 



p. BuRBONiANA Ser. Lfts. ovate, subbordate, simply dentate; fls. purple, 

 double and semidouble; pet. concave; aep. entire. — A splendid class of 

 rosea, of which more than 100 varieties are cultivated. They are hardy, 

 with ample and glosay foliage. 18 other varieties are described by Seringo 

 in DC. 



15 R. centifdlia L. Hdndbed-leaved on Peotens Rose. Pricldes nearh/ 

 ttraight, scarcely dilated at base ; lfts. 5 to 7, ovate, glandular-ciHate on the mar- 

 gin, subpilous beneath ; flower-bud short-ovoid ; sep. spreading (not defiexed) in 

 flower ; fr. ovoid ; cal. and ped. glandular-hispid, viscid and fragrant. — From S. 

 Europe. Shrub 2 to 4f high, very prickly. Fls. usually of a pink color, but 

 varying in hue, form, size, etc., through a hundred known varieties, among 

 which are the incomparable moss rose, the cabbage, etc. 



16 R. damasc^na Ait. Damask Rose. St. branching and bushy, armed 

 wiUi unequal spines, mostly stipular, cauline ones broad, falcate or hooked ; lfts. 

 large, broadly elliptical, downy-canescent ; s^. reflexed ; fr. ovoid, elongated. — 

 Native of the Levant. Shrub 3 to 4f high. Fls. rather numerous, of a, delicate, 

 pale, roseate hue, usually with very numerous petals, and a delicious fragrance. 

 Among its numerous varieties is the common Monthly, low, blooming at all 

 seasons. 



17 R. ^ba L. White Garden Rose. Erect, tall, slightly glaucous .' 

 prickles slender, recurved, sometimes wanting; lfts. roundish-ovate, shortly 

 acuminate; petioles and veins subtomentous, glandular; sep. pinnatifld; pet. 

 spreading ; fr. ovoid, nearly smooth. — From Germany. Shrub 5 to 8f high. Fls. 

 large, corymbous, sweet-scented, generally pure white, but often in its numerous 

 varieties, tinged with the most delicate blush. 



18 R. moachata L. Musk Rose. Shoots ascending and climbing ; prickles 

 cauline, slender, recurved ; lfts. 5 to 7, lanceolate, acuminate, smoothish, discolored ; 

 stip. very narrow, acute ; fls. often very numerous ; ped. and cal. subhispid ; sep. 



subpinnatifid, elongated and appendiculate ; fr. ovoid, red. Native of . Sta. 



traiUng or climbing 10 to 12f Fls. peculiarly fragrant, rather large, white, pro- 

 duced in panicles 



19 R. Indica L. Chinese Monthly or Bengal Rose. Erect or climbing, 

 pwplish, prickles strong, remote ; lfts. 3 to 5, ovate, acuminate, coriaceous, shining, 

 smooth, serrulate, discolored ; stip. very narrow ; fls. solitary or paniculate ; ped. 

 often thickened, and, with the cal. smooth, or glandular-hispid; sep. mostly entire ; 

 stam. inflexed ; fr. turbinate ? — Splendid varieties, blooming from Apr. to Nov. 

 Fls. of every hue from pure white to crimson, as the Noisette, Sanguinea (foliage 

 as well as fls. blood-red), Youland of Aragon, Giant of battles, Oloth-of-gold (sulphur 

 yellow), and the favorite Tea Hoses. 



p. LAWRENOIANA. Miss LAWRENCE'S RosE. St. and branches aculeate, 

 bristly and subglabroua ; Ula. ovate, purpHsh beneath ; ped. obovate-acumin- 

 ate. — A class of varieties with very small flowers, pink to deep purple, (R, 

 Lawrenciana Lindl. R. Indica acuminata Ser.) 



20 R. alpina Ser. Alpine or Boursault Rose. Younger shoots echinate 

 with numerous weak prickles, older ones smooth, rarely armed with strong 

 prickles; lfts. 5 to 11, ovate or obovate, sharply and often doubly serrate; stip. 

 narrow, apex diverging ; ped. defiexed after flowering, and with the cal. hispid 

 or smooth ; sep. entire, spreading ; fr. ovoid, pendulous, crowned with the con- 

 nivent calyx. — Hardy, vigorous, climbing, with pink, red or crimson flowera 



21 R. eglantgria Ser. Yellow Rose. Austrian Eglantine. St. with 

 tk cinerous bark, branches red, both armed with straight, slender, scattered 

 prickles ; Ivs. 5 to 7, small, broad-oval or obovate, smooth, shining above, sharply 

 serrate ; cal. nearly naked and entire ; pet. large, broad-obcordate. — From Ger- 

 many. Shrub about 3f high, bushy. Fls. numerous of a golden yellow, very 

 iugacious, of less agreeable fragrance than the Ifeves. There are many varieties, 

 both single and double, variegated with red. Jo. (R. lutea Mill) 



