DIFFERENT KINDS. OF ROSES. 



Fig. 1. et % The half -double pur- 

 ple Rofe. ' ! J!,; ' ■ 



{Kofa holof erica purpurea flore ferni- 

 pleno.) 



e have mentioned this beautiful fpecies of 

 Rofes in the delcription of the double purple 

 Rofe in N. 20. ' of this Volume. Being of the 

 fame kind, it has the fame leaves .and wood, 

 -but its bufh is ftronger and fuller, and its flo- 

 wers are more brillant than thole of the dou- 

 ble purple llofe ; befides it has the following 

 peculiar quality which no other kind of Rofe 



is poff-effed of. In the evening the flower 

 fhuts itself half , and the green leaves fbrink 

 together, opening and displaying its full lu- 

 ftre with erected leaves at noon when the fun 

 fhin es ; confequentìy it falls towards evening 

 in the f lumber of vegetables which we per- 

 ceive in various other plants. 



In the annexed picture it is reprefented 

 in both its ftates. In Fig. 1. we perceive it in 

 its full-, luftre of the Noon and in Fig. 2. we 

 fee the flower -leaves almoft fhut, the green 

 •ftalk- leaves flackly hanging down, and the 

 whole flower as if it were , in its f lumber. 



