336 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
& 34. R. a’LBa Lin. The common white Rose. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 705.3 Lawr. Ros., t. 23. 25. 32. ed g 
37.; C&d. Fi. Dan., t. 1215.; Red. Ros., 1. p. 97. and 
p-17.; Don’s Mill., 2 p. 57. 
Synonyme. R. usitatissima Gat. Montaud, t. 94. 
Engravings. Lawr. Ros., t. 23. 25. 32. 37.; Gad. Fl. Dan., 
t. 1215.: Red. Ros., 1. p.17. and p. 97.3; Gat. Montaub., 
t. 94.5 our fig. 588. of the species; and jig. 589. of the 
double variety common in gardens. 
Spec. Char.,§c. Leaf- % 
lets oblong, glau- 
cous, rather naked 
above, simply ser- 
rated. Prickles 
straightish or fal- 
cate, slender or 
strong, without 
bristles. Sepals pin- 
nate, reflexed. Fruit 
unarmed. (Don’s 
Mill.) A large 
; . R. alba. 
588. R, Alba. shrub. Piedmont, sii . 
Denmark, France, and Saxony. Height 4 ft. to 10 ft. Introduced in 1597. 
Flowers large, either white, or of the most delicate blush colour, with a 
grateful fragrance ; June and July. Fruit oblong, scarlet, or blood-coloured ; 
ripe in September. 
Varieties. The garden varieties are very numerous ; and some of the most 
beautiful are the double, semidouble, and single blush; the celestial, a well- 
known favourite ; the great, small, and cluster maiden’s blush ; the double 
thornless ; and the double, semidouble, and single white. The rose blanche 
A cceur vert, the bouquet blanc, and the blanche de la Belgique. are well- 
known and beautiful varieties of this species. 
B. Natives of Europe and Britain. 
gw 35. R. vitto’sa Lin. The villous-leaved Rose. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 704. ; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 576. 
Synonymes. R. médllis Smith in Eng, Bot. t.2459.; R. tomentdsa 2 Lindl. 
Ros. p. 77.3 R. heterophylla Woods in Lin. Trans. 12, p. 195. ; R. pulchélla 
Woods 1c. p.196.; . pomifera Herm. Diss. 16. 
Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 2459. ; and our fig. 590. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaflets rounded, bluntish, downy all over. 
Fruit globose, rather depressed, partly bristly. Sepals 
slightly compound. Branches without bristles. (Don’s 
Mill.) Arambling shrub. Europe, in hedges ; in Britain, 
in bushy rather mountainous situations in Wales, Scot- 
land, and the North of England. Height 5ft. to 6 ft. 
Flowers red or pink ; July. Fruit purple ; ripe Sept. 
Varicties. R. gracilis Woods, R. Sherardi Davies, R. syl- 
véstris Lindl., are described in our first edition. 
A very variable plant. (See No. 29. p. 332.) 
590. R. villosa. 
% 36. R. romento'sa Smith. The tomentose, or 
woolly-leaved, Rose. 
Identification. Smith Fl. Brit., 539.; Eng, Bot., 990.; Don’s Mill., 
2. p. 576. 
Synonymes. R. villdsa Ehrh. Arb. p.45., Du Roi Harbk. 2. p.341., 
Fl. Dan.. t. 1458., 2. mollissima Bork. Holz. p.307.; BR. ddbia 
691. R. tomentdsa. 
