Chap, hoi* TLngUJh Herbs. 
ln i long green Shoots , armed with cruel Jharp^ and 
ftrong Prickles , and thicker fet upon the Branches 
and Stems , than on any other Role Bufh, whether 
TVild w Garden. The Leaves are f mailer than 
mojf of thofe which groin in Gardens, /even or nine 
mod ujuallyfct together upon one middle Rib or winged 
1 ‘mJ . , which arc very green, and Smell fweet , above 
the Leaves of any other kind of Rofe. The Blowers 
are f mall Single blufh Rofes, having little or no 
Swells which being paft away leave behind them 
Oops, which when ripe, are of a Jhinhtg Coral color , 
anl contain within them a downy fubfiance in 
which the white hard Seed does lye. 
XXXIII. T he twenty feventh, or Double fweeet 
Eglantine,' or Double fweet Briar Rofe. This is 
generally where ever it is planted , a Grafted Ro/e , 
oV / doubt not but its Original was Natural , and 
n;, y be ma le to grow fo, naturally again. It grows 
and fpreads very well , and will? a great head of 
Branches , on which grow fuch like Leaves as in the 
Single Kind, but a little larger , and not f melting 
J-il/y f" facet . The flowers are fomething bigger 
than the Jingle , but not much , having but only two 
rrws of Leaves, the inner of which are fmatler and 
vv out w >rd larger , of the fame pale reidifh purple 
cvhr, but J welling fomething fweeter than the 
Single 
XXXIV. The twenty eighth, or Rofa menfalis, 
tea Monthly Role. It is in all its parts like unto 
if Damask Rofe ; an / in Italy is f aid to bear feven 
Months w t be Lear, tho with us, we rarely find it 
to bear above three or four, viz. in June, July, 
Anguft, even to the end of September. The Rofes 
are very like to the Damask, but fomething more 
double, and not altogether fo fweet. 
XXXI'. The twenty ninth , or Blufh Belgick 
Rofe, Rofa Be/gica Rubicante. It has bigger Branch- 
es an t fuller of Thorns or Prickles than mot) 
other Roles. The Leaves are thicker , fhffer, and 
and of a mhitjlh green color. The Flowers grow 
many together on the ends of the Branches, which 
are about the bignefs oj the ordinary Damask Rofes 
but very thick and Double, of a fine pleafant pah 
blufh color, and Jweet Smell. This is tie greeted 
Bearer of all the Rofes; and the Diftilled Water 
thereof. \ is ahnofl as good as that of the Damask. 
XXXVI. The thirtieth, or Rofa Damafcena 
variegira Elegaritior, the Beautiful variegated Da 
mask Rofe. Ir is fomething like the Kola Cryftalli- 
na, but only the Shoots are Shorter and redder, and 
the Leaves f nailer. The Flowers are fomething 
more double, and often better marked than cither 
the Verficolor’d, or Cryftalline, at Seft. 14 and 15. 
XXXVli. The thirty fir ji, or Kola Canina fiore 
pleno, or Double IVi/d Briar Rofe. This in its 
Stems, Branches and Leaves is like to the LelTer 
White Role at Sett. y. aforegoing-, or to thofe of 
the Single Wild Briar; but the Flowers are doubic 
far which it is efteemed, and arc of a faint whitijh 
blufh color , having but a weak Smell. 
XXXVIII. The thirty fecond, or Rofa Mundi, 
The Ro/e of the World. This differs not in any of 
its parts from the Common red Rofe, but only in 
the color of the Flowers , which in this are for the 
mofl part red, of a pale blufh color, diver fly f pot ted. 
fourth are Originally Englijh, for the Drycd Red 
Rofes which come over to us from beyond Sea. 
are not of the fame Kind with our Enghfh, nor 
any wife to be compared to them, neither for 
goodnefs not color. The Double fellow came to 
US firft from Turky-, others from Holland mi. o- 
tner Countries. 
XL. The Times. The Cinamon Rofe is for the 
molt part the earlieft : The Common Musk Rofes 
both Single and Double , Flower Iarelt : all the o- 
thers Flower much about one time, viz. from 
the beginning of June, and all July till Augufl ■ 
and the Red, many times through the whole 
"} °E Augufl, even till September. 
XLt. The moft Efteemed of all thefe are I 
Ol the Red Rofes-, the Rofa Mundi, Red Belgick 
Rofe the Variegated, the Red P, -evince Rofe , and 
the - Rofe without Thorns. JI. Of the Damask 
Rojes-, the Cryflal Ro/e , the Beautiful Variegated 
Damask Rofe, the Bluff Belgick Rofe, the Monthly 
Rfijc, and the Damask Province Rofe. HI. Of the 
Irl/ow Rofes-, the Scarlet Auflrian Rofe, and the 
DoMe yellow Rofe. IV. Of the White Rafts 5 the 
Blufh Rofe, and the Damask Musk Rofe. Thefe 
are all excellent Rofes, and none of them ought to 
be wanting in any good Flower Carden. 
Of the Planting and Nitrfeing up ofl 
Rofes. 
urked and jiriped thro out every Leaf of the double 
Flower, with the fame red color which is in the 
Ordinary red Rofe, fo that iris the moft beauti- 
ful to behold of all the Striped or Variegated Rofes, 
yet known. The form of the Rofe and its Smell', 
is like to that of the Common red Rofe. ’ 
XXXIX. The Places. Where many of thefe 
were Originally Natives is hard to determin, now 
they are all Natives with us in England, 
and grow only in our Gardens. The firft and’ 
XLII Note. 1. All forts of Rofes are hardy, 
and will endure the Froft in Winter-, and the ber- 
ter the Sod is you fet them in, the better they 
will thrive, and the Direr will be tile Flowers. 
Tliey are generally difpofed in Rows and Hedges 
and fupported and kept in on both fides. And dhe 
leveral colored Rofes, imermixt and well placed 
W, Ji n a , r e IP exce,lent and beautiful Profpefi. 
XUI.. JW. 2. All Stocks of Budded Rofes 
are to be carefully kept from Suckers: and if the 
Buds be placed near the Ground, afrer one Years 
growth they may be laid in the Earth to Root 
by which means it will become a Natural Bufh ’ 
d" jj° j W r ,c \ is more worch than three that ate 
Budded for that every Sucker which comes ftom 
them will be of tile fame Kind, by which they 
will be encreafed. But as all Rofe Bujhes are not 
apt to yield Suckers, it will therefore be the fpeedi- 
elf and molt certain way to lay down the Branches 
or make Layers of them, and to put old well rot- 
ted DuBg about the places nhere they are Lav’d 
which will make them take Root the fooner. 
XLIV. Note, a. There are tome Rofes which are 
not fit to be Planted in Hedges, as the Musk Rofes ■ 
which Will not Bear at all, unlefs they growbv’ 
Lome high Wall, or Houfe fide, where 'they may 
have liberty to grow to their full height, which is 
commonly eight or nine Feet high. Alfo the 
Double Fellow which is the molt unapt of all 
others to bear kindly, and fair Flowers, except it 
be ordered and taken care of in an efpecial manner • 
for whereas all other Rofes are belt Natural this’ 
proves heft being Inoculated upon another Stock. 
And whilelt others thrive and bear beft in the Sun 
this thrives beft in the Shade. 
XLV. l\ou ■ 4 The belt way then that is known 
to ante thuDouble yellow Rofe, to bring forth Dir 
and kindly flowers, lsdonethus; firft in the Stock 
of a Franckford Rofe, near the Ground, put in 
the Bud of th« Single yellow Rofe, which wit 
quickly (hoot ro a good length; men half a Yard 
higher than the place where the lame was BuddM 
6 F a put ’ 
