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anomalies in this widely extending genus, for which it is 

 difficult to assign a proper position in an arrangement of the 

 collection. I suspect it to be a garden production, and pro- 

 bably a hybrid ; the latter conjecture is strengthened by the 

 circumstance that it does not produce ripe fruits. If its 

 type had existed in a wild state, it would have been placed 

 in the division of the pimpinellifoliaj, with R. involuta, R. 

 Doniana, and R. Sabini, but I cannot think that it has 

 originated from any of these species. There are several 

 other Double Roses of more recent origin, especially amongst 

 the varieties raised by the French, which will assimilate to, 

 and perhaps form a class to which this Rose may be united ; 

 but with these I am not, at present, sufficiently acquainted 

 to give a perfect account of them. 



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