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. ticularly chosen for drying. These however may be got 
also from other kinds of Eoses. 
Rosa Indica, L- 
ISFoisette Eose. From Upper India to China and Japan. 
Borne Eoses of the sweetest scent are derived from this 
species. 
Rosa laevigata, Michaux {B. Sinica, Aiton.) 
The Cherokee Eose. China and Japan. Considered one 
of the best Hedge-roses, and for that purpose much employed 
in North America. It serves also well for bowers. Allied 
to the foregoing species. 
Rosa moschata, Miller. 
North Africa and South Asia as far east as Japan. From 
the flowers of this extremely tall climbing species also 
essential oil is obtained. The Attar thus derived from Eoses 
of not only different varieties but even distinct species 
must necessarily be of various quality. 
Rosa semperyirens, L. 
From South Europe through Southern Asia to Japan, One 
of the best Eose-bushes for covering walls, fences and similar 
structures. Also the flowers of this species can be utilized 
for Eose-oil. 
Rosa setigera, Michaux. 
North America, where it is the only climbing Eose-bush. 
It deserves introduction on account of its extremely rapid 
growth, 10 feet to 20 feet in a season. Its flowers however 
are nearly inodorous. 
Other original species of Eoses deserve our attention, Dr. J. 
Hooker admitting about 30, all from the Northern Hemis- 
phere. But on the snow-clad unascended mountains of 
Borneo, Sumatra, New Guinea and Africa south of the 
Equator yet perhaps new Eoses may be discovered, as they 
have been traced south to Abyssinia already. 
Rosmarinus officinalis, L. 
The Eosmary. Countries around the Mediterranean Sea. 
This well-known bush is mentioned here as a medicinal 
