BOTANICAL CLASSIFICATION. 



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latter enumerates several other works on the Rose, which 

 are not within our reach. 



The Rose is found in almost every part of the northern 

 hemisphere, between the 19th and 70th degrees of lati- 

 tude. 



Captain Fremont, (now General Fremont) in his de- 

 scription of the prairies some five hundred miles west of 

 St. Louis, says, " Everywhere the Rose is met with, and 

 reminds us of cultivated gardens and civilization. It is 

 scattered over the prairies in small bouquets, and, when 

 glittering in the dews and waving in the pleasant breeze 

 of the early morning, is the most beautiful of the prairie 

 flowers." 



It is found from the mountains of Mexico to Hudson's 

 Bay, from the coast of Barbary to Sweden, in Lapland 

 and Siberia, from Spain to the Indies, China, and Kam- 

 schatka. " In Asia, half the species have been found ; of 

 the thirty-nine which it produces, eighteen are natives of 

 the Russian dominions and the countries adjacent. Most 

 of these are very similar to the European portion of the 

 genus, and five are common to both Europe and Asia. 

 Of the remainder, one, which is, perhaps, a distinct genus, 

 has been discovered in Persia, fifteen in China, and two 

 of the latter, with four others, in the north of India. 



We shall not here describe all the species mentioned by 

 Lindley and Loudon; but only those which are the par- 

 ents of our garden sorts. A large part of the species 

 described by these authors cannot be found in any collec- 

 tion in this country ; and, in fact, very few^ possess any 

 interest except to the botanist. The descriptions here 

 given are mainly abbreviated from those of Loudon. 



BRACTEAT^.— Bracted Roses. 



This section is readily distinguished by the woolliness 

 of branches and fruit. Leaves dense, usually shining; 



