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land either for smell or beauty, and therefore 

 should not be used in chaplets. Loureiro 

 mentions it as a native of China ; but Theo- 

 phrastus and Pliny clearly prove it to be an 

 European tree. 



Aiton does not notice the native place of 

 this rose ; and it is also omitted in Le Bon 

 Jardinier of Paris, down to the present time. 

 The able compiler of the Hortus Kewensis, 

 tells us, from Gerard, that it was cultivated in 

 our gardens in 1596. This appears to be an 

 error, as Gerard in the original edition only 

 notices this rose from the writings of the an- 

 cients ; Martyn has fallen into the same mis- 

 take, in his admirable edition of Miller. 



We are not therefore able to discover at 

 what time this rose was introduced, as it is 

 not noticed by Parkinson, in his " Garden of 

 Pleasant Flowers," of 1629; nor does it ap- 

 pear in his " Theatre of Plants," of 1640. 



The principal varieties of this rose we give 

 from the Kew catalogue, which are the Dutch 

 Blush, Singleton's, Burgundy, Single Velvet, 

 Double Velvet, Sultan, Stepney, Lisbon, 

 Bishop, Cardinal, Blush Royal, Petit, Pluto, 

 Monstrous, Fringe, Plicate, Two-coloured, 

 and Shell. 



