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varieties are known in cultivation, among which are the velvet, carmine, carna- 

 tion, Ac. 



6. R. pimpixellifolta, Ser. Scotch or Burnet Hose. 



A shrub 2 to 3 feet high with the stems densely covered with straight needle- 

 shaped prickles. Leajlfts 5 to 9, small, roundish, obtuse, smooth, simple serrate, 

 flowers small, numerous, globular, usually roseate, but changing in the numerous 

 varieties to white, red or yellow. Native of Scotland. 



7. R. EGLANTERIA, S. Australian Eglantine. Yellow Rose. 



A bushy shrub about 3 feet high, with ash-colored stems and red branches, both 

 armed with straight, slender, scattered prickles. Leaflets 5 to 7, small, broad, oval 

 or obovate, smooth, shining above, sharply serrate. Flowers numerous, golden 

 yellow, of very short duration. Varieties numerous, both single and double, 

 variegated with red. 



8. R. damascenAj L. Damask Res \ 



A fine species 3 to 4 feet high, branching, bushy stems, armed with unequal 

 f p'n :s, mostly stipular or hooked. Leaflets large, broadly elliptical, white downy 

 beneath. Sepals reflexed. Flowers rather numerous, of a delicate pale roseate 

 hue, usually with numerous petals and a delicious fragrance. Among its numer- 

 ous varieties is the common monthly rose. Native of the Levant. 



9. R. centifolia. Hundred-leavecl Rose. Provens Rose. 



A shrub 2 to 4 feet high. Stems covered with numerous neariy straight prickles. 

 Leaflets 5 to 7, ovate glandular ciliate on the margin, sub-pilose beneath. Sepalt 

 spreading in flower. Flowers usually of a pink color, but varying in hue, form 

 and size in the numerous varieties. Native of S. Europe. 



10. R. alba. White Garden Rose. 



A fine shrub 5 to 8 feet high, with slightly glaucous stems, armed with slender 

 recurved prickles, sometimes none. Leaflets roundish ovate, shortly pointed. 

 Sepals pinnatifid. Petals spreading. Flowers large corymbose* sweet-scented, gen- 

 erally pure white, sometimes tinged with blush. Native of Germany. 



11. R. MULTIFLORA. Japan Rose. 



A free growing shrub with long shoots easily trained to the height of 15 to 20 

 feet armed with slender] scattered prickles. Leaflets 5 to 7, ovate-lanceolate, soft 

 and slightly rugose. Flow rs corymbose, often numerous. Sepals short. Stylet 

 exserted. Petals white, varying through roseate to purple. Native of Japan. 



12. R. Indica. Chinese Monthly or Bengal Rose. 



An erect or climbing shrub, with purplish stems, armed with strong, remote 

 prickles. Leaflets 3 to 5, acuminate,' thickish, shining, smooth, serrulate. Flowert 

 solitary or paniculate, in the numerous varieties every hue from pure white to 

 crimson, blooming from April to November. 



13. R. setigera, Michx. Michigan Rose. Prairie Rose. 



Branches long, ascending, smooth, spines few, strong", stipular; leaflets large, 3 to 

 6, orate, serrate, pubescent beneath ; stipules narrow, pointed; flowers corymbose, 

 calyx glandular, segments sub-entire; styles united; fruit globose. 



This splendid species is a native of Michigan and other Western States. Stems 

 hardy and of rapid growth, capable of being trained 12 to 20 feet. Flowers in 

 V3ry large clusters, changeable in hue, nearly scentless, and of short duration. 

 About 20 varieties are cultivated. 



