1556 



ROSA 



pubescent heneatb, thick luid tinn, ''.1-2 in. long; peti- 

 oles tomentose and bristly; stipules dilated: lis. soli- 

 tary or few, purple or white, 2.H-3K in. across: brat-Is 

 large ; pedicels pricklj' ; receptacle smooth : fr. ile- 

 pressed-globose, brick-red, to 1 in. across. May-Sept. 

 N. China, Corea, Jap. — Verv variable species. Vars. 

 f^rox, C. A. Mey. (var. Tim iih, r,ji,)ii,i, C. A. Mey. /i'. 

 fSrox, Lawr. 7?. Bi'deliiniii . Andn- & Lind. li. Andrrii . 

 Lange). Stout and densely armed: Ivs. thick, very 

 rugose and shining: fls. large, V .'. in. across: fr. I Iti'. 

 across. S.Z. 1:28. B.R. .'):42n. (-it. :i():lOtl1- 4'' p ."i:i7 

 G.C;. II. 14::i72. Gn. 4fi, p. :;24 ; .^,2:1111 ; :,:,, p. 4:U. 

 I. H. 18:47. (ill!.'. 1:7; 5:.3.39. A.( i. 13 ::;42, :i44 ; 1H:.^.(;7. 

 Var. Kamschatica, Regel iH. h'uiiixvhfilicn, Vi^iit. 1. 

 Less densely armed: Ivs. thiiiiifr, less rugose: tis. and 



fr. smaller. B.R. .5:419. B.M. 3149. Besides these the 

 following forms are often cultivated: Var. 41ba, with 

 large white fls. (in. 9:20; var. alba plena, with double 

 white fls.; var. rosea, with pink fls.; var. riibra, with 

 purple fls. ; var. rubra plena, with double purple fls. 

 (xt. 24:84f). if. ruij<)s(i is one of the most ornamental 

 Single Roses, especially for shrubberies; it is very hand- 

 some on account of its dark green shining foliage, large 

 fls. appearing during the whole summer, bright red con- 

 .spicuous fruits, and its beiiutiful orange and scarlet iaW 

 coloring. It is also attr;ictive in winter by reason of its 

 stout, densely armed stems. Ijargo nuntbers of hybrids 

 have been raised. By crossing with double-fld. Garden 

 Roses 7?. rtifioRa has given rise to a. new race of hybrid 

 Roses remarkable for tlieir hardiness and long blooming 

 season; one of the best known is Mme. George Bruant 

 (Fig. 21(;r)), with double white fls., a cross of J7. rngosa 

 the Tea Rose Sombreuil. Another cross with a form 

 of /)'. f^hinevsis is R. ri(ijOi<a, var. caloearpff , Bruant, 

 with single rose-colored fls. and handsome fr. produced 

 vervabunilantlv. Gn. 41), ji. .MB; 52, p. 384. R.H. ISO.'i, p. 

 44(;, 447. I.H. 42, p. l."-). Hybrids are also known with 

 /i'. wulti flora , K. rl inl/i tunuH'tr , J?, ^ii ii-r<'pliilll<t . 7f. 

 ^/linn^itixittia . 7?. M'ii'lin ntia nit and 7?. Inoiuli-':, and 

 there are probably others. 



Sei'TionIX. PiMi'iNELi.iFoi.i.q-,. T^cic Old World xpeeies. 

 I'/iriiilit .llinilix. iisinilli/ loir: prickles xinlirilll, xeah 

 h'l-fd. v.siiollii )i II III iron a innl In ixfd iritll lirixHeK: 

 Ills, nrp small, iisiinllij !>: stipules nfArroir, iciih di- 

 rrnji'lil inid dihlled mirieles: fls. solitnrij, without 

 hrnels; sepals entire, eeeel and persistenl. 

 42. spinoBissima, Linn. (7?. piinpinellifolia. Linn.). 



Sc'OTe'H Rose. Low shrub, with upright recurving or 



