104 AJV ALPHABETICAL LIST OF 



dainty clusters of pure white tubular flowers similar to the 

 Jessamine in shape and scent. Altogether a lovely plant when 

 well grown. 



Ribes sanguineum (Red - floicerlng Currant). — A native of North 

 America. When covered in spring with a profusion of dainty rosy 

 red flowers this useful plant forms a l3eautiful object ; and although 

 the blossoms possess little scented attractions in the open air, 

 if placed in water in a room they emit a spicy odour that is very 

 pleasmg. 



Ritchiea fragrans. — An evergreen climber from West Africa bearing 

 white flowers. 



Robinia pseudo-acacia. — A member of the Acacia family. An orna- 

 mental deciduous tree with prettily cut foliage and racemes of 

 white Laburnum-like flowers, delicately fragrant. 



Rochea odoratissima. — A small shrub from South Africa, bearing pink 

 flowers. 



Rogiera. See Rondeletia. Allied to Cupia and Wendlandia. 

 Rock Rose. See Cistus, 

 Rocket. See Hesperis. 



Romneya Coulteri (Californian Poppy). — An herbaceous pereimial, 



bearmg large white flowers like single Paeonias, with a delicate 



!Magnolia-like perfume. 

 Rondeletia odorata. — A Mexican shrub bearing fine trusses of scarlet 



flowers, so sweetly perfumed that a popular scent has been named 



after the plant. 



Rosa (Rose, Eglantine, or Sweet Brlay^). — The national floral emblem 

 of England. The genus that gives its name to this large and im- 

 portant order represents a group of herbaceous slii^ubby trees that 

 are found in temperate regions throughout both hemispheres, with 

 out-wandering representatives in the higher elevations of Abyssinia, 

 Central America, and South India. All the Roses of the Antipodes, 

 South Africa, and the temperate parts of South America have been 

 carried there by cultivation. 



' Would Love appoint some flower to reign 

 In matchless beauty on the plain, 

 The Rose (mankind will all agree), 

 The Rose the queen of flowers should be ; 

 The pride of plants, the grace of bowers, 

 The blush of meads, the eye of flowers ; 

 Its beauties charm the gods above ; 

 Its fragrance is the breath of love ; 

 Its foliage wantons in the air, 

 Luxuriant, like the flowing hair ; 

 It shines in blooming splendour gay, 

 While zephyrs on its bosom play.' — Sappho. 



