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“Sports of Nature. 
“O42 the Characters of the Clafs, for. a Number of 
Zag yellow Heads are fen i in the Midft: but, thefe are 
Footftalks to the Flowers; and — and femi- 
pinnated Cups. 
This Author himfelf pete a a the fpecific 
Characters very obfcure among the Rofe- Kind; 
nor is thisftrange when we cubes how; Cylture 
changes them. ‘his Name exprefies the. proper 
Diftinétions of the Red Rofe when in its genuine 
and unaltered State; and however much ea 
ance of Soil and repeated Culture may vary the. 
Charaéters in particular Plants, ftill there will re- 
main enough to. fhew what epey, were, and’ ybither. 
the Plant is to be wediteéd,44 44 67 9 a? 
The Diftinctions of Colour our Student knows 
are nothing more than’ Most - accidental 
The common double Red Rofe bis Mig es d, 
and diftinguifh’d from others, is 2 fmall andweak, | 
Shrub. 
Jour when old, the young Shoots are more green : 
they have only. a, few weak Thorns; and on the 
tenderer Branches fcarce any. 
The Leaves are placed on ‘led Footftalks, 
which have a kind of leafy Appendage at. their 
 Bafe; and they are of the pinnated Form. Each 
is compos’d of one or two Pairs of Pinne, with 
an odd one at the End; and thefe are broad, fhort, 
roundifh, and fharply ferrated.. They are of a 
deep green on the upper Side, and paler below. 
The Flowers have long, round, and green i 
-Footftalks, without Prickles, and they are. large. 
‘and noble. The Multiplicity of their Petals, 
their various Turns and Foldings, and the deep 
-and glorious Red of the-whole Flower, are great 
and diftinguifh’d Marks of Beauty; and they 
have a very fragrant Scent, tho’ inferior to the 
Damafk. 
The Multiplicity of Petals does. not obliterate 
beft traced in the plain and . fimple. State. , We 
fhall therefore . refer the Student, who, would 
rightly underftand the Character of the Rok, to 
a fingle Flower. 
The Cup is. formed of one. Piece, thick at 
the Bafe, where it is rounded; and thence open- 
ing into a bell-fhaped Head,, from which run up 
five long Seoments ; ; broadeft, at the Bafe, nar- 
rower to the Paint, and of. a pale green, . covered 
with redith Hairs. Of thefe five Segments, two 
have Appendages on both Sides, one only on one 
Side, and two others are naked» Thefe different 
Segments. are placed alternately : but Culture 
often obliterates their Diftinétions. 
octh he Romi. of the ELE in this natural and 
) A COMPLEAT BODY 
pinnatis ‘glabris: the prickly Rofe, with fmooth fimple State, is compofed’ of five~Petals ;~thefe. July. 
are broad, large, and fixed to the Cup: as are 
alfo the Filaments in the Centre. Thefe are very 
numerous, fhort, and flender. They make a Kind 
of Ring round the Neck of the Cup, and are 
cseuneL with three-corner’d Buttons, which form 
in the Midft of the Flower a vaft thick Clufter. 
The Rudiments are numerous, and placed in 
the Centre of the Cup: from every one there rifes 
a fingle, fhort, and hairy Style, and thefe are 
clofe preffed together by the Neck of the Cup, 
crowned with obtufe Heads, and inferted, on 
‘the Sides of the Rudiments... 
When the Flower falls, the Neck of the Cup 
draws up clofer, and its thick Body becomes a 
Fruit, ‘containing. numerous Seeds, and crowned 
with the Remains of the Segments. 
The many Filaments, inferted in the Cup, 
4 the atimefos Rudiments of the Seeds. with 
The Stalks are weak,. and\of a déep Olive Co: || theirStyles, thew the’ Plant one of the Polyandria 
Polygynia of the Linna@awn Syftem. 
We overlook Things which are familiar; but 
there is fomething in this Fructification of the 
Rofe very worthy ae Attention: A Cup form- 
ing itfelf into a Fruit,, mellowing ‘into Tafte 
and Colour, is not ufual in the Works of Na- 
ture, tho’ we fee it in this common Shrub. : 
Culture of this Rost. 
We fhall have Occafion hereafter to fpeak of Ro- 
fes whofe Culture requires all the delicate Art of the 
Gardener; but this is not one of them. It is, in 
the fingle State, native of the Eaft, and wild in 
Hedges in fome Parts of Europe. It is therefore. 
eafily raifed to Perfection in our Gardens; and 
-will live in any Expofure, and any Soil. 
_ It may be raifed from Seed; but as the Shrub is 
very: common, .and the Suckers which it produces 
freely, take Root without farther Trouble, this is _ fe : 
the familiar Way of propagation. 
Let a Bed be dug up in the Seminary, i in Offo- 
ber, and - the Sola taken from the>Red Rofe 
Shrubs, planted in it at a Foot Diftance. 
_ The Suckers taken up for Planting, fhould be 
| of the fame Year’s Production ; for thofe always 
take Root more freely than fuch as have ftood 
longer about the Mother Plant. After “one 
Year’s Growth in that Bed, they may be taken 
into the Garden. No Compoft is needed for 
them, for common Garden Mould perfe@tly an- 
{wers the Purpofe 5 and all the Care they will re- 
quire farther, is, every Oéfober to clear away the 
Suckers, and to cut out the dead Wood, and thin 
the luxuriant Branches; taking off fuch as gall 
and rub againft one another. 
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