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fpear-fhaped Heps, which are fmooth. The plants 
produce a fecpnd crop of flowers about the end of 
Auguft, but thefe fall off, and are not lucceeded by 
Heps. 
The feeds of the feventh fort were fent me by Robert 
More, Efqy from Spain, where he found the plants 
growing naturally this riles with ffrong upright 
ftalks about four feet high, armed with ffrong thorns. 
The leaves are hairy on both fides y the lobes are 
roundifh, and fawed on their edges y the fniall leaves 
of the empalement are acutely fawed y the flowers are 
fingle, of a bright red. colour, and appear early in 
May y thefe are lucceeded by large, ffnooth, round- 
i(h Heps, which ripen the end of Auguft. 
The eighth fort was difcovered by Signior Micheli, 
growing naturally in the woods near Florence, who 
fent it to Dr. Boerhaave of Leyden, in whole curious 
garden I faw it growing in the year 1727 : this hath 
fiender ftalks which trail upon the ground, unlefs they 
are fupported, and, if trained up to a pole or the 
ftem of a tree, y/ill rife twelve or fourteen feet high y 
they are armed with crooked reddilh fpines, and gar- 
niftied with fmall leaves, . compofed of three pair of 
oval acute-pointed lobes, terminated by an odd one y 
they are of a lucid green, and are fawed on their edges y 
they continue green all the year y the flowers are fmall, 
fingle, white, and have a mulky odour y thefe in 
their natural place of growth continue in fucceffion 
great part of the year, but their time of flowering in 
England is in June. 
The ninth fort grows naturally in Spain y the feeds of 
this were fent me by Robert More, Efqy who found 
the plants growing there naturally. This rifes with 
crept ftalks four or five feet high, which are covered 
with a green bark, and armed with ftrong crooked 
white fpines. The leaves are compofed of five oval 
lobes ending in acute points y they are ffnooth, of a 
lucid green, and are flightly fawed on their edges y 
thefe continue all the year, and make a goodly ap- 
pearance in winter. The flowers grow in large 
bunches or umbels at the end of the branches y they 
are fingle, white, and have a ftrong mufky odour y 
they appear in Auguft, and if the autumn proves 
favourable, will continue in fucceffion till Obtober. 
The tenth fort grows naturally in Virginia and other 
parts of North America y this rifes with feveral ffnooth 
ftalks to the height of five or fix feet. The young 
branches are covered with a ffnooth purple bark y the 
leaves are compofed of four or five pair of fpear- 
fhaped lobes, terminated by an odd one y they are 
fmooth on both fides, of a lucid green on their upper 
fide, but pale on their under, and are deeply fawed 
on their edges y the flowers are fingle, of a livid red 
colour, and appear in July y the empalement is divided 
into five long narrow fegments which are entire. This 
is kept in gardens for the fake of variety, but the 
flowers have little fcent. 
The eleventh fort is the fingle Yellow Rofe y this hath 
weak ftalks which fend out many ftender branches, 
clofely armed with fhort, crooked, brown fpines. The 
leaves are compofed of two or three pair of oval thin 
lobes, terminated by an odd one y they are fmooth, 
of a light green, and are fharply fawed on their 
edges y the flowers grow upon fhort foot-ftalks y they 
are fingle, and of a bright yellow colour, but have 
no fcent. 
The twelfth fort is commonly called the Auftrian 
Rofe. The ftalks, branches* and leaves are like tbofe 
of the laft, but the leaves are rounder y the flowers 
are larger y the petals have deep indentures at their 
points y they are of a bright yellow within, and of a 
purplifh copper colour on the outfide y they are 
fingle, have no fcent, and foon fall away. There is 
frequently a variety of this with yellow flowers upon 
one branch, and copper colour upon another. This 
fort of Rofe loves an open free air and a northern 
afpebt. 
The thirteenth fort is the Mufk Rofe y this rifes with 
weak ftalks to the height of ten or twelve feet, co- 
vered with a fmooth green ifn bark, and armed with 
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ftiort ftrong fpines. The leaves are fmooth, and com- 
pofed of three pair of oval fpear-fhaped lobes, termi- 
nating in points ending with an odd one y they are of 
a light green colour, and fawed on their edges y the 
flowers are produced in large bunches, in form of um- 
bels, at the end of the branches ; thefe appear in Au- 
guft, and continue in fucceffion till the froft flops 
them y they are white, and have a fine murky odour. 
There is one with fingle, and another with double 
flowers of this fort. The ftalks of thefe plants are 
too weak to fupport themfelves, fo the plants ihotild 
be placed where they may have fupport. 
The fourteenth fort is the Dutch hundred-leaved 
Rofe y this rifes with prickly ftalks about three feet 
high. The leaves have fometimes three, and at others 
five lobes y the lobes are large, oval, fmooth, and of 
a dark green with purple edges y the foot-ftalk of the 
flower is fet with brown briftly hairs y the empalement 
of the flower is fmooth, and half winged y the flowers 
are very double, and of a deep red colour, but have 
little fcent. 
The fifteenth is the Damafk Rofe ; this rifes with 
prickly ftalks eight or ten feet high, covered with a 
greenifti bark, and armed with fhort fpines. The 
leaves are compofed of two pair of oval lobes, ter- 
minated by an odd one y they are of a dark green on 
their tipper fide, but pale on their under y the borders 
frequently turn brown, and are flightly fawed • the 
foot-ftalks of the flowers are fet with prickly hairs; 
the empalement of the flower is. wing-pointed and 
hairy : the flowers are of a foft pale red, and not 
very double, but have an agreeable odour y the Heps 
are long and ffnooth. 
The fixteenth is the common large White Rofe, $0 
well known as to need no defcription. Of this there 
are two varieties, one with a half double flower, 
having but two or three rows of petals, and the 
other has a ffnaller flower, and the ftirub is of lower 
growth. 
The feventeenth fort is called the Blufh Belgick 
Rofe y this rifes about three feet high, with- prickly 
ftalks. The leaves are compofed either of five or feven 
lobes, which are oval, hairy on their under fide, and 
flightly fawed on their edges y the foot-ftalks of the 
flowers and the empalements are hairy, and without 
fpines y the empalements are large and half-winged y 
the flowers are very double, of a pale flefh colour, 
and have but little fcent. It generally produces great 
quantities of flowers. The red Belgick Rofe differs 
from this only in the colour of the flower, which is 
of a eep red. 
The eighteenth fort is the common Provence Rofe, 
which is well known in the Englifh gardens, being 
cultivated in great plenty in the nurferies, and is one 
of the molt beautiful forts yet known. The flowers 
of this fort are fometimes very large, and the petals 
are clofely folded over each other like Cabbages, 
from whence it is called the Cabbage Rofe. The 
flowers of this fort of Rofe have the moft fragrant 
odour of all the forts, therefore is better worth pro- 
pagating. 
The nineteenth fort is the Blufh Rofe. The ftalks 
of this rife from three to four feet high, and are not 
armed with fpines y the leaves are hairy on their under 
fide y the foot-ftalks of the flowers are armed with 
fome fmall fpines y the empalement of the flower is 
half-winged y the flowers have five or fix rows of 
petals which are large, and fpread open y they are of 
a pale blufh colour, and have a mufky fcent. 
The twentieth fort is the common Red Rofe, which 
is ufed in medicine. The ftalks of this fort grow 
erefl, and have fcarce any fpines y they rife from three 
to four feet high y the leaves are compofed of three or 
five large oval lobes, which are hairy on their under 
fide y the fmall leaves of the empalement are undi- 
vided y the flowers are large, but not very double, 
fpread open wide, and decay foon y they are of a 
deep red colour, and have an agreeable fcent. The 
Rofa Mundi is a variety of this with ftriped flowers. 
The 
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