ROSA HARDII. 
(Mr. Hardy's Rose.) 
Class. 
ICOSANDRIA. 
Order. 
POLYGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
ROSACEvE. 
Generic Character. — Calyx with the tube contracted 
at the mouth, and with a five-parted limb ; the segments 
somewhat spirally imbricated at the apex in estivation, 
and usually pinnately divided. Petals five. Stamens 
numerous. Carpels numerous, bony, inserted on the 
inside of the tube of the calyx, which at length becomes 
baccate and encloses them ; they are dry and indehis- 
cent, bearing each a style on the inner side. Styles ex- 
serted from the constricted part of the calycine tube ; 
sometimes distinct, sometimes connected into a co- 
lumnar style. Seeds solitary, exalbuminous, inverted. 
Embryo straight, with flattish cotyledons.— Don'* Gard. 
and Bot. 
Specific Character. — Plant a hybrid, with a great 
deal of the habit of R. berberifolia, but much larger, 
deeper yellow, and handsomer flowers. 
The showy and interesting Rosa berberifolia, -which botanists have now formed 
into a new genus, under the name of Loioea, has been known for several years in 
this country, but has never yet become common, in consequence of the great 
apparent difficulty attending its cultivation. The present plant is a hybrid raised 
between that species and R. involucrata by Mr. Hardy, gardener at the Luxem- 
bourg Gardens, Paris, and it has been named after its originator. 
We had it drawn, three or four years back, from the gardens of Mr. Halley, 
nurseryman, of Blackheath, who then flowered it in considerable perfection during 
the summer season. It is much superior to R. berberifolia, and is decidedly a very 
ornamental Rose, on account of its large and deep yellow or pale orange-coloured 
flowers, which have a rich brownish or dark sanguine blotch at the base of each 
petal. Its pleasing foliage is likewise a recommendation, being in itself pretty, and 
so different from that of other Roses. 
It is one of those delicate-rooted things which require some care in their 
management ; though the chief difficulties are overcome when the soil is rendered 
of a proper nature and texture, and the drainage is complete. It is said to thrive 
best in heath-mould ; but there are serious mistakes current respecting the kind of 
heath-soil which is used for fine-rooted plants. That black, fibreless, close, and 
sandy bog-earth which is often employed, is the very worst of all soils for any plant 
that is tender. A very open, fibrous moor-soil, however, of a brown colour, and 
almost free from sand, is unquestionably suitable for such species as this ; though 
