ROSA STELLATA 
Rosa stellata differs from other Roses of the spinosissima group 
in having usually only three obovate-cuneate leaflets, sessile at the tip 
of the petiole. The flowers are much larger than in the other forms 
of this group, and the fruit is very prickly. The name given to this 
species is derived from its stellate trichomes. Growing on dry rocky 
hillsides, it is hardly likely to thrive under the conditions which obtain 
in our English gardens, and it is, moreover, scarcely a Rose which 
would find general favour, but from a botanical aspect it is well worth 
growing. 
It should be planted upon a dry, well-drained bank, so situated 
that it may benefit by all the sunshine available, and thus grown it 
would be a most interesting addition to a collection of Rose species. 
It is in cultivation in the United States, but the only plants 
known in England are those growing in the garden of Dr. Alfred 
Russel Wallace at Broadstone. It is to the courtesy of Mrs. Wallace 
that I am indebted for the specimens from which the drawings have 
been made. 
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