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above the other; the latter are quite entire. The sepals are 

 very distinctly tinged with red, and are not glandular. 



This variety flowers in the open air in the beginning of 

 May, about a fortnight earlier than the common sort. It is 

 perfectly hardy, and propagates with the greatest facility 

 from cuttings. 



I am informed by Dr. Livingstone, that both the varie- 

 ties of Rosa Banksiae are found in China to strike so freely 

 from cuttings, that it is a common practice with the Chinese 

 gardeners, to engraft a cutting of R. Banksiae with any other 

 kind that they wish to encrease, and then to plant the cutting 

 so grafted; they find that it possesses so much inherent 

 vigour, that it is able both to strike root itself, and to form as 

 perfect a union with the scion as if it had been a growing 

 plant. 



XXXVI. Rosa Alpina ; Garden variety, speciosa. 

 This remarkable variety appears to be a hybrid pro- 

 duction, between Rosa Alpina and Rosa Indica. To the 

 former it approaches in being destitute of prickles, in the 

 blistered surface of its young leaves, and in the general habit. 

 To the latter it may be compared on account of its clustered 

 flowers, and the form, crimson tinge, and glossiness of its 

 foliage. 



It is a low bush, with vigorous, erect, nearly naked, vinous 

 shoots, covered with a glaucous bloom. The branches are 

 nearly unarmed, bearing occasionally a few straight, scattered 

 prickles. The leaflets are oval, somewhat shining, and sim- 

 ply serrated; their stipules much dilated, and their midrib 

 strongly coloured with red. The flowers are semi-double, 



