ROSA SIiMlMiRVIRIiNS 
gardens of the Due d’Orleans at Neiiilly where Jacques was oardener. 
l^clicifc ct Pci'pchic is one of the best known, and it is highly esteemed 
lor its l)eaut\’ and luxuriance and at the same time vigorous constitution. 
Myiiivilhcs Renonai/e, Priiiccssc Ala rid, etc., and indeed the whole 
series are invaluable for training on pergolas or as pillar Roses wher- 
e\'er \ igorous growth, ample foliage and masses and wreaths of flowers 
are desired. All the garden varieties of Rosa sciupcrvirens retain the 
semipersistent foliage of the type, and in a mild winter the leaves 
remain on the plants throughout until the coming of spring renews 
them. 
Rosa loiigiaispis of Bertoloni, though accepted as a species by Sir 
J. D. Hooker, is probably nothing more than a robust geographical 
variet)^ of Rosa seinpervirens. It is confined to the mountains of 
Assam, and possibly Burma, and ascends to 5,000 feet above sea-level. 
Rosa seinpervirens is figured by Andrews.^ 
^ Roses, vol. ii. t. 89 (1828). 
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