ROSA 



Section II. Stvlcs.v:. Ci'iihiius ouhi ,,„, A'- 



.^7). r|'<N, H'illl III. ili,t,, ,1 r.lrir,: nl ,i lif/hrn/ l:< h 



a rreiisi^ a *;,/ It'. -■,/ ni ini . 



9. stylosa, Drsy. Shruli, with loni,', arcliini,' liranclir 

 VU-ickl,\-: Itts. ."i-,, iiviitc-c.l.hmt;, arute. scri-atf. ]uili.' 

 Cfiit hi-ueatli. ',-LMii. Iciiu': tis. in fr«--tl.l. i-..rvirllis, «-|,i 

 or liyht pink, 1 '..-■_: in. across; slyl.-s '.;lalu-iHis. .1 



ROSA 



iithrr (111 



I Willi 



in- i.r.li, 



,lnl\-. 'W. Enrol 

 int-nlal valuo. 

 III. 



■a. Uos. 



Section III. Inho-.k. F, ir 



Asiatic Sjnri.s ,i-illi lipriijllt 



:'!■ pi'i-lrinilln II f si,. Ills: jiri.l;- 



l.s sv.ilUri.l. honh.il. far : 



Ills. J--, riir.hi ,-.■ i,i/7„/v,s'- 



.-. lire l-iii,linl-fi<h: s, imls cii- 



lii-e or til, in./, r nii.s spur- 

 in, llil ii'iiiiiil, . r. ll. s.il aflrr 



fLiircriii,/ : brmls .iii.I stip- 



iilis narr.'ir. Ilu hill, r icitli 



sill, III. Jicrnj, lit ,ii,rl,,l.s. 



ll'. gigantea, i.'olloit. Pro- 

 rnnilanit : tioweriiti,^ iiranchos 

 nsvnilly unarninl : Ifr-, iisually 

 a, oval to liri'aiUy cUiiilir. ser- 

 rate. irIaliiMns. rirni. 1 ' ..-M in. 

 long: lis. s,,|iiiiry. usuall\- with- 

 ■.iiit lirarts. \vliii c, ."i-i; ill. lo-ross ; 

 peiliia-ls anil ro.-ofitarh- sninoth; 

 sepals entirr, lon;^ - aruniinate. 

 Bnnna. G.(.'. III. ll : l:;. - llar.ly 

 only sonth. It is pnssilili- that 

 Foi*tnne's Dotibli- Yellow 

 (Beauty of (Tlazenwoml l . T^ith 

 large, donhle, salmon - \elli.iw 

 Hs,, tigmred in B. M. 4i;7{l, is a 

 var. or hyliriil of this spei.oes. 



11. Chinensis, -Taoii. 1 7i'. In- 

 ili,:,i . Lindl.. riot Linn. ). China 

 Rose. Benoal Rose. Low, 

 tipri.ght shrtili, with slender 

 l;»ranelie,s. S'inietijnes almost tiu- 

 arnied: Ifts. ;-;-.'. si.inn.'times 7, 

 ovate to olilong, aente, finely 

 serrate, coriaia-otis. shining and 

 dark green almve. pale lieiieatii. 

 glabrous. 1-lI^j in. hnig : fls. 

 usually few or solitary, eriin- 

 son, pink, white or yellowish, 

 sometimes 3 in. aor<;iss, fra- 

 griint: fr. nsnally ohovate. 

 Flowering all summer and fall. 

 China. From this species and 

 B. Gail tea nud its forms most 

 of the Garden Roses have orig- 

 inated. Several \'ars.are known. 



Var. Devoniensis, Hort.. is prol 

 vigMreus growth, almost rlinihii 

 lowish white, douhle flowers. I'.JI. s.-lGO. 



Var. fragrans, Thory I h'. J iiilirn . var. •,il,,rulissiiiiii , 

 Linn.). TE-\-scented or Te.\. Rose. .'Simihir to the fal- 

 lowing but Hs. more fragrant. salnn'n-]nnk or liirht ruse: 

 fr. ovate. B.R. 10:Sn4. More tender than ihe Mlhcr 

 vars. 



var. Indica, Koeline \R. Imlicn. Wir. riihia ns , 

 Lindl.l. 3Ii:iXTHLV Rose. Stems rather stunt. ;i-."i ft. 

 liiirli, glatteons green, with hirownish red jirii-kles: Ms. 

 Iiiiik to whitish, with glandular i>edirels : fr. oho- 

 vate. 



Var. longifolia, Thory i i?. ?(oo/,7.V;«. Willd. i. Lfts. 

 lani-'-olate : fls. sin^de. deep jnnk. Red. Ko-. i:;:l'.'i. 

 8l. 



V;ir. minima, Curt. (/i'. La irri'iiriinm . Hort. 77. fu- 

 fii, -a , vcir. }iii III iJa , Thoryl. Dwarf shrub, usually not 

 over 1 ft. high, with small rose-red fls. alioiit 1 ' ._^ in. 

 across; petals often p'ointed. There are single- :ind 

 doubie-fld. forms. The Faiky Roses belong to tliis 

 variety. B.M. 17(12. Red. Ros. (:! :2."», (i, 7) . 



Var. semperflorens, Nichols. (P. seiiipi' rlHir, ns . Curt. 

 JR lii'ii'ialriisis. Pers.i. Crimson Chinese Ioisk, Lmw 

 shrub, with slender, prickly or almost unarmed, dark 



an green branches: lfts. i 



h'. purple: li., iisiiallv s,, 



son or deep pink. B..M 



\'iir. viridiSlora, Kipp. Ckeen Ii'ose. Wiih nioi 

 strolls green lis : the petals are transformed iiil 

 small, narrow green l\s. |\s. n:ll:!(;. 



\':ir. Manetti, liip]i. i /,'. M,iii,'ili, Ilort.l. Fig. L'l.'.i 

 -Ct little orini- < If vigorous growth, upright; |iedicels hispid-ghindiihi i 

 Hs. deei> pink, single or senii-donble. This x^arietv Im 



2153. Rosa setigera. or Prairie Rose. Nu. 4. 



ily a hyiind : it is of 

 ;ind h;i- large, yel- 



been reciimmended as a stock for forcing Ruses: grows 

 readily from cuttings. Ijnt is iKit ipiite hard}'. 



12. Noisettiana, Thor>-. Noisette Rose. Champnev 

 Rose. Supposed hybrid of JR. Cli ilieil.'iis and Ji'. iii,,s- 

 cii,il,i. Stems upright to 6 ft., wdth hooked reddish 

 prickles: lfts. ,^-7, usually oblong-lanceolate <,r ubluog- 

 ov;tte. glabrous: fls. usually in corymbs, light pink to 

 red, smtnetinies yellow-; styles glabruus. Bluunis in 

 summer and fall.— Nunieruns garden forms. The Noi- 

 sette Rose was raised about bSi7 liv .luhn ( 'hampnev. .d' 

 Cliarleston, S. ('., from seed of the JIusk Ruse'fei- 

 tili/.ed by a blush China Rose. From the seial uf this 

 hylirid Philippe Noisette, a florist at Charleston, ob- 

 tained a Rose \vhich ^v:is afterwards distributed :is 

 Blush Noisette by his bruther Louis Noisette, of Paris. 



lu, Borf)6iiica, Morren. Bourbon Rose. Snpposeil 

 hyln-idof E. Cliiiiriisis and i?. (Jatlira. Upright shrub, 

 with jirickly and often glandnl;ir-liis]iid branches: Ivs. 

 usually 7. ovjite ur u\-ate-lanceulafe. acute, shining; fls. 

 donlile or semi-double, tisitally purple, bluuming in 

 summer and f;(ll. The fluiirbun Ruses are Inirdier tlian 

 the Noisette, Cliina and Tea-scenti^d Roses, bnt require 

 prcitection north. B. Chiiinisis and its varieties and 

 hybrids ( hyliridizing with the hardier Roses of the Cal- 

 lica L'-ruu]) I ha\-c i,n^-en rise tci the Hybrid Perpietnal 

 or Reiiiuiitant class. See Nos. 11 ;ind IC. 



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