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R. mosehita, Muscat or Musk Rose ; not climbing, with slender 

 curved prickles, leaves of S or 7 lanceolate and pointed leaHcts, a corymb of 

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

 at evening. 



E,. multifldra, Many-flowered Ro.se. 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, 

 white, pale red, or rose-purple, not sweet-scented. The Boursalt Rose, said 

 to come from the multiflora, is probably from a cross with some hardy European 

 species. 



* * Sti/les not sensibhj projecting nor united. 

 ■t- Tender, tall-climbing, and whollij destitute of prickles. 



R. BanksiSB, Banksia Rose, from China, a slender conservatory species, 

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

 white or buff and violet-scented flowers. 



I- t- Tender, armed only tvith distant hooked prickles, smooth, with haves of 



mostly S (3-5) rather coriaceous and shining leaflets, and uwl-shapcd 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. 



I- I- H- Hardy or mainly so at the north, not climbing, more or less jmchly, and 

 with leaves of 5 or more leaflets. 



R. Gallioa, French or Provence, Red Rose, has slender stems beset 

 with both stout cuiwed 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 astringeney, and are used for conserve ofrosrs, &c. 



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

 from the preceding : has mostly sti-aight prickles, H-7 oval leaflets with glan- 

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

 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 are 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. Damascfena, 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 lobcd) reflexed during flower- 

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

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



R. d,lba. 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. ciunamdmea, Cinnamon Rose, of En., met with in country gar- 

 dens, is related to our wild R. 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, Burnet 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. Uglant^ria, Yellow Eglantine Rose. Like a Sweet-Brier, 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. sulphtirea, the old Yellow Rose, from the Far East. Tall, with 

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

 double) fiowors. 



