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NOTE ON BOOKS AND DRAWINGS SHOWN AT THE 

 ROSE CONFERENCE. 



The following books were sent by Dr. Masters, F.R.S. 

 Under the title of each book we mention the plates or figures of 

 Roses to be found in each. 



William Turner, Libellus, 1538. Facsimile reprint. 

 (Ed. B. D. Jackson.) 

 In this the only two Roses mentioned are : 

 Cynorhodos. — Cynorhodos quantum mihi cernere datum ut 

 frutex cuius folia primo vere suaviter olent quern vulgus opinoe 

 vocat swetebrere aut eglentyne. 



Cynosbatos. — Cynosbatos latinis, a wild hep tre or a brere 

 tree. 



John Gerarde, of London, Master in Chirurgerie, 

 The Herball, 1597. 

 Rosa alba, R. rubra, R. provincialis sive damascena, R. p. 

 minor, R. sine spinis, R. Hollandica sive Batava (the great 

 Holland Rose, commonly called the Great Province Rose), R. 

 moschata simplici flore, R. m. multiplex, R. holosericea, R. lutea, 

 R. cinnamomea pleno-flore, R. silvestris odora, R. canina inodora, 

 R. pimpinella. 



M. Johnson's edition, 1636. There are in addition to the 

 above : Rosa moschata speciis (sic) major, R. lutea multiplex, 

 R. cinnamomea flore simplici, R. silvestris odora flore duplici. 



Crispinus Pass;EUS, Hortus floridus, 1614. 

 Rosa alba pleno-flore, R. rubra, R. pramestina, R. moschata 

 pleno-flore. 



Parkinson, Paradisi in Sole, dc, 1692. 

 (1) Rosa anglicaalba ; (2) R. incarnata ; (3) R. anglica rubra ; 

 (4) R. damascena, fig. 1, p. 415 ; (5) R. provincialis sive Hollandica 

 damascena, fig. 2, p. 415; (6) R. p. rubra; (7) R. p. alba; (8) 

 R. versicolor, the party-coloured Rose of York and Lancaster ; 

 (9) Rosea (sic) chrystallina ; (10) Rosa rubra humilis sive pumilio 

 fig. 4 ; (11) R. franco-furtensis, fig. 3, p. 415 ; (12) R. hungarica ; 

 (13) R. holosericea simplex et multiplex ; (14) R. sine spinis 

 simplex et multiplex ; (15) R. cinnamomea simplex et multiplex ; 

 (16) R. lutea simplex; (17) R. 1. multiplex sive flore pleno ; (18 



