ROSA SOULIEANA 
shape of its leaflets, which are oval and more rounded at the top and 
base, and in the form of its sepals, which are oval and shortened at the 
point. It varies from the other forms of Rosa raoschata in so many 
of its characters that Crepin had no hesitation m giving it specific rank. 
It is at Howering-time that it shows most resemblance to Rosa inoschata, 
with its small, pure white flowers and straw-coloured buds borne in 
coryml:)S ; and again m autumn, when it is cov^ered with masses of 
small, orange-coloured hips. 
Rosa Soulieana is in cultivation at Kew ; it is very free-growing and 
perfectly hardy. 
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