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mine ; the cluster ; the Duchesse d’ Angou- 
léme, a very handsome white rose; the 
Provence, of which there are upwards of 
twenty subvarieties ; the prolific; the 
striped nosegay ; and the Versailles. 
% R.c. 2 muscdsa Mill, the Moss Roses ; among 
which are the common single (jig. 583.), 
the common double, the blush, the dark, ; 
the striped, the white, and the crested moss 
(R. c. m. cristata), and many others. 
aw R.c. 4 pomponia Dec., the Pompone Roses 
N. Du Ham.; 2. pomponia Redouté Ros. 
p. 65.; among which are the well-known rose 
de Meaux, an old inhabitant of the gardens; 
the mossy de Meaux, the dwarf, and small Provence; the rose 
de Rheims; and the common and proliferous pompone. These 
roses should be cut down every year, when they have done flowering, 
that they may send up new shoots every spring to produce flowers. 
If this be not done, the principal branches will dry up, and become 
bare like those of the bramble. 
583. at. c. cristata, 
This species is distinguished from R. damascéna by the sepals not being 
reflexed, and the flowers having their petals curved inwards, so as, in the 
double state, to give the flower the appearance of the heart of a cabbage, 
whence the name of' the cabbage rose. _ Its fruit is either oblong or roundish, 
but never elongated. From 2. gallica it is distinguished by the flowers being 
drooping, and by the larger size of the prickles, with a more robust habit. 
= 32. R.ea’tiica Lin. The French Rose. ' 
Identification. Liu. Sp., 704. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 603. 
Synonymes. R. centitdlia A/it2, Dict. No. 41.3; &. sylvatica 
Gater. Mont. p. 94.3 R. rubra Lam. Fl. Fr. 3. p. 180.3; R. 
holosericea Rossig. Ros. t. 18.3 R. bélgica Brot. Fi. Lus. 1. 
. 838.3; HR. blinda Brot. 1. c.; Rose de Provins, Fr.; Essig 
ose, Ger. 
Engravings. Mill. Ic., t. 221. f.2.; Red. Ros., 1. t.25.; our 
fig 584. of the species ; and jig. 855., which is of the variety 
called the Bishop Rose. 
Spec. Char., §&e. Prickles unequal. Stipules 
narrow, divaricate at the tip. Leaflets 5—7, 
coriaceous, rigid, ovate or lanceolate, de- 
flexed. Flower bud ovate-globose. Sepals 
spreading during the time of the flowering. 
Fruit subglobose, very coriaceous. Calyx 
and peduncle more or less hispid with glanded 
hairs, somewhat viscose. A species allied to 
R. centifolia L., but with round fruit, and 
very coriaceous leaflets, with more numerous 
nerves, that are a little prominent, and are 
anastomosing. (Dec. Prod.) A bushy shrub. 
Middle of Europe and Caucasus, in hedges. 
Height 2 ft. to 3ft. Introduced ?. Flowers 
red, crimson, or white, single or double ; June 
and July. Fruit red; ripe in August. 
» 584s R. gallica. 
Varieties. The yarieties of this species are very numerons ; some of the 
principal are, the cramoisie, royal crimson, black damask. Fanny Bias 
Flanders, giant, gloria mundi, grand monarque, the Dutch, the blush, the 
bishop (fig. 585.), and Singleton’s, all old favourites in our gardens ; Malta 
marbled, several subvarieties ; mignonne, six or eight sorts ; Morocco, 
negro, mottled black, Ninon de YEnclos, Normandy ; officinal, or the rose 
of the shops, several varieties ; purple, 14 sorts ; poppy ; velvet, several 
