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R. moschita. Muscat or Mosk Rose ; not climbing, witli slender 

 curved prickles, leaves of 5 or 7 lanceolate and pointed leaflets, a corymb of 

 white flowers with a yellowish base to the petals, very sweet scented especially 

 at evening. ^ ^ 



R. multifldra, Many-flowered Rose. A well-known climbing species, 

 from Japan and China, hardy in Middle States, with 5 or 7 soft and somewhat 

 rugose leaflets, slender scattered prickles, and full corymbs of small flowers, 

 wliite, pale red, or rostwpurple, not sweet-scented. The Boursalt Rose, said 

 to come from the m-dtiflara, is probably from a cross with some hardy European 

 species. 



* * Sujles not sensibly projecting nor united. 



H- Tender, tali-climbing, and wlwlly destitute of prickles. 



R. B&nksise, Banksia Rose, from China, a slender conservatory species, 

 very smooth, with 3 - 5-lanceolate glossy leaflets, and umbels of very small 

 white or buff and violet-scented flowers. 



■1- -1- Tender, armed only with distant hooked prickles, smooth, with leaves oj 

 mostly 3 (3-5) rather coriaceous and shining leaflets, and awl-shaped or 

 narrow stipules. 



R. Indica, India or China Roses : includes the Tea, Perpetual or 

 Bengal, Bourbon, and Noisette Roses; and the Bengal Pompons, &c. 

 are miniature forms of similar origin. 



1- 1- •>- Hardy or mainly so at the north, not climbing, more or less prickly, and 

 with leaves of 5 or more leaflets. 



R. G^Uica, FiiENCii or Provence, Red Rose, has slender stems beset 

 with both stout cui-ved and slender straight prickles, leaves of .5 - 7 rather rigid 

 doubly and glandular-toothed leaflets more or less downy beneath, erect 1-flow- 

 ered peduncles, and pink-red or crimson spreading petals (or variegated with 

 white), which have some astringency, and are used for conserve of roses, &c. 



R. centifdlia. Hundred-leaved or Cabbage Rose, perhaps derived 

 from the preceding : has mostly straight prickles, .5 - 7 oval leaflets with glan- 

 dular teeth or edges, peduncle and calyx clammy with odorous glands, the hij) 

 bristly and glandular, the flowers mostly nodding, large, and full-double, rose- 

 pui-ple, or of various shades, rarely white. Pompon Roses are miniature 

 varieties. Moss Roses arc abnormal states with the glands and bristles of the 

 calyx and peduncle developed into a moss-like substance. Petals used for rose- 

 water, essence of roses, &c. 



R. Damasctoa, Damask Rose, &c. Known from the foregoing by the 

 greener bark, larger curved prickles, corymbed flowers oblong in the bud, and 

 with the long sepals (some of them pinnatifid or lobed) reflexed during flower- 

 ing, the hip oblong and pulpy : petals rose-purple, white, &c. ; used in prefer- 

 ence for attar-qf-roses and rose-water. 



R. ^ba, White Rose, is between the preceding and the Dog Rose ; leaf- 

 lets 5, glaucous and a little downy beneath ; prickles straightish and slender ; 

 petals pure white. 



R. cinnambinea, Cinnamon Rose, of Eu., met with in country gar 

 dens, is related to our wild E. blanda, 5° to 8° high, with brownish-red bark, 

 and some straightish prickles, pale leaves downy underneath, and small pale-red 

 cinnamon-scented (mostly double) flowers, not showy. 



R. spinosissima, iBunNET or Scotch Rose, of Eu. Low, 1° or 2° 

 high, exceedingly prickly with straight prickles, with 7 to 9 small and roundish 

 smooth leaflets, and small early flowers, either single or double, and white, 

 pink, and even yellow, the hips cartilaginous. 



R. Eglanteria, Yellow Eglantine Rose. Like a Sweet-Briei-, but 

 lower, 3° - 5° high, with scattered straight prickles ; leaves deep-green and 

 sweet-scented ; flowers deep yellow, orange, or buff, and sometimes variegated 

 with red, either single or double. 



R. sulpbtirea, the old Yellow Rose, from the Far East. Tall, with 

 scattered prickles, glaucous or pale scentless leaves, and sulphur-yellow (full- 

 double) flowers. 



