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ROSA DEVONIENSIS, 
(DEVONSHIRE ROSE.) 
CLASS. ORDER, 
ICOSANDRIA. POLYGYNIA, 
NATURAL ORDER. 
ROSACEA. 
Generic Character.- — Calyx with the tuhe contracted at the mouth, and with a five-parted limb; the 
segments somewhat spirally imbricated at the apex in aestivation, 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 ; dry and indehiscent, bearing each a 
style on the inner side. Styles exserted from the constricted part of the calycine tube, sometimes 
distinct, sometimes connected into a columnar style. Seeds solitary, without albumen, inverted. 
Embryo straight, with flattish cotyledons. — Doris Gard. and Botany. 
Specific Character. — A robust shrub, of hybrid origin, with very large, sweet-scented, double yellow 
flowers. 
With every cultivator of the better kinds of roses, the yellow Chinese variety 
is a decided favourite, as v^ell for the large size of its delicate yellow flowers, as for 
their beautiful form, graceful disposition, liberal production, and most agreeable 
odour. From that handsome plant the sort now figured was obtained by hybri- 
dization, though with what other variety is not known. It exhibits a marked 
superiority in its principal features, and, as will be seen from our drawing, is 
particularly observable for its dimensions and figure. 
Messrs. Lucombe, Pince, and Co., nurserymen, of Exeter, who hold the entire 
stock of this splendid rose, had the accompanying plate prepared for us in their 
nursery last June, and inform us that it possesses a very vigorous habit, with thick, 
glossy, dark green foliage, and produces a profusion of flowers throughout the 
spring, summer, and autumn months. " The flowers," say these gentlemen, " are 
very large, cupped, with fine bold outer or guard petals, of a firm Camellia-like 
texture, very double, finely-formed, and deliciously fragrant. The colour, which 
when the buds first open is a creamy buff*, changes as the flowers expand to a 
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