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POPULAR GARDEN BOTANY. 



ROSACEA. 



Exogens, having the calyx four or fi ve-lobed, with a disc. Petals 

 many, growing to the sides of the calyx. Stamens many, arising 

 from the calyx just within the petals. Ovaries superior, either 

 solitary or several. Fruit either one-seeded nuts, or little bags 

 containing several. — Herbaceous plants or shrubs ; leaves simple 

 or compound, alternate, often with stipules, occasionally dotted ; 

 natives chiefly of temperate or cold climates ; fruit edible, none 

 being unwholesome. 



EOSA. (Eose.) 



Gen. Char. {Icosandria Folygynia?) Calyx urn-shaped, five- 

 cleft, fleshy, contracted at the orifice ; petals five ; seeds bony, 

 hairy, included in the fleshy calyx ; stamens and styles many. 



The name arose from the Celtic word for these beautiful 

 flowers. The beauty and fine perfume of the plants of this 

 genus have made it a universal favourite, and no garden 

 of any pretension is now thought complete without its rosery, 

 or rosetum, and its collection of " standards." Notwith- 

 standing the profusion which may exist in summer out- 

 of-doors, it is very delightful to see a few rose-trees in 

 full bearing at a season when, in ordinary circumstances, 

 not a leaf has yet appeared, and this can only be done by 

 forcing, and the shelter of the greenhouse. Almost any 



