﻿92 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



43810 to 43935— Continued. 



43892. Rosa filipes Rehd. and Wils. Rosacese. Rose. 

 See previous number. S. P. I. No. 43891, for description. 



43893. Rosa foetida Herrmann. Rosacese. Austrian briar rose. 

 A shrub with long, slender runners or climbing stems, becoming 10 



feet high, usually with straight thorns. There are from five to nine 

 dark-green, doubly serrate leaflets in the compound leaves, and the 

 bright-yellow flowers, which have an unpleasant odor, are from 2 to 2\ 

 inches wide. The fruits are globular. This rose is a native of western 

 Asia. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 

 5, p. 2995.) 



43894. Rosa gentlliana Lev. and Van. Rosacese. Rose. 

 A shrub with long runners, growing up to 2 feet in height, with scat- 

 tered hooked thorns. The leaves are composed of five glabrous serrate 

 leaflets, and the white, fragrant flowers are up to 1| inches wide and 

 occur in corymbs. The fruits are globose and dark red. This rose is a 

 native of central China. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of 

 Horticulture, vol. 5, p. 2997.) 



43895. Rosa helenae Rehd. and Wils. Rosacese. Rose. 

 A vigorous, hardy shrub with bright-green foliage, native of western 



China. The pure white flowers are 1| inches in diameter and delicately 

 fragrant. (Adapted from Sargent, Plantae Wilsoniamae, vol. 1, p. 39.) 

 See also S. P. I. No. 42979 for further description. 



43896. Rosa helenae Rehd. and Wils. Rosacese. Rose. 

 " Wilson No. 666. From woodlands, Wushanhsien, western Hupeh, at 



altitudes of 3,300 to 5,000 feet, December, 1907." 



See previous number, S. P. I. No. 43895, for description. 



43897. Rosa helenae Rehd. and Wils. Rosacese. Rose. 

 " Wilson No. 431b. From thickets at Patunghsien, western Hupeh, at 



altitudes of 2,000 to 4,000 feet, June, 1907." 

 See S. P. I. No. 43895 for description. 



43898. Rosa jackii Rehder. Rosacese. Rose. 

 A long-stemmed rose with the stems lying flat on the ground. It is a 



native of Chosen (Korea), and has pure white flowers 2 or more inches 

 in diameter. (Adapted from Arnold Arboretum Bulletin of Popular 

 Information, vol. 1, p. J^3.) 



See S. P. I. No. 42980 for further description. 



43899. Rosa laxa Retz. Rosacese. Rose. 

 This rose, which is found from Turkestan to Songaria and Altai, is an 



upright shrub with paired, hooked thorns. The leaflets are small and 

 light green, and the flowers are small and white. The small fruits are 

 oval-oblong. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, 

 vol. 5, p. 2998.) 



43900. Rosa macrophylla Lindl. Rosacese. Rose. 

 A shrub, native of the Himalayas and western China, becoming 8 feet 



or more in height, with erect stems and arching branches, usually fur- 

 nished with straight prickles up to half an inch in length. The leaves, 

 which are composed of 5 to 11 leaflets, are up to 8 inches in length. The 



