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Vol IF> No. i«. 



DIFFERENT KINDS OF ROSES, 



J. he Rofe is a great Ornament in Gardens, and 

 the favourite flower of half the world. The 

 fingi* Rofe is a native of Germany, and grows 

 wild in coppices and woods even on dry hills 

 and mountains; hut the double Rvf e w T hich appa- 

 rently like other flowers full came from Afia, 

 requires more care in the gardens, and fame forts 

 can only be reared in hot houfes. We have Ro- 

 les of different colours and fhadings: the white, 

 the yellow, the red ; the flesh and fire- colour'd, 

 the dark red, and the purple; the ftriped and 

 the fpotted Rofe, hefides great varieties in form 

 and fize. 



Having collected and obferved all the 

 different forts and having been folicited by 

 a party of friends , I fhaìl infert a full col- 

 lection of Rofes in the Picture - Gallery by in- 

 troducing in each number one fheet w T ith fome 

 of their varieties drawn from nature; which Ï 

 hope, will not displeafe _my young readers. 



Fig. i. The red Centifolia. 



(Rofa centifolia Germanica.) 

 "We have at prefent three forts of Centifolia : 

 the red, the white, and the yellow or golden. The 

 red one is a moft beautiful flower as well for 

 its form and fine pale -red colour, as for its 



fvveet and exquifite fmell. Tt is known in every 

 garden. The ftalks of the leaves are pretty long, 

 and furnish'd with a quantity Gf thorns and fix 

 or eight frnall oval leaves. The height of the 

 hush is commonly 3 or 4 feet. The fulness of 

 the flower hinders it from hearing fruit. 



The name of Centifolia, Q hundred - leav'd ) 

 is derived from the great number of leaves that 

 conftitute the flower. 



Fig. 



2. The white Centifolia. 



(liofa unica.) 



The white Centifolia- Rofe is ftill a very rare 

 flower in Germany; it came, only a few yeara 

 ago, from England where a fìngi e plant foins» 

 times coft two and three Guineas. Its beautiful 

 ftructure, its tender, finning while, the great 

 flower, and the agréable odour which fome- 

 what differs from that of the red Centifolia, make 

 it a moft delightful flower. 



It has two fpecific particularities ; The out- 

 fide leaves of the hud are edged with brown, 

 and, when full blown, the upper edge of the 

 leaves is deeply notched in the middle. 



The bush attains commonly the height of 

 the red Centifolia, 



