RO SA INDICA. 
ROSE CLARE. 
Class. 
ICOSANDRIA. 
Order 
POLYGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
ROSACE JE. 
Hybrid 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Cultivated 
Origin. 
10 feet. 
July, Oct. 
Perennial. 
in 1827. 
No. 445. 
The Celtic word, rhos, a Rose, from the word 
rhodd, of the same language, signifying red, has, 
with little variation, been transferred into numer- 
ous other languages, to convey a meaning similar 
to the original. Indica is applied as a specific 
name, to connect the plant with its native country. 
This, in the present instance, is but partially cor- 
rect, for the Rose Clare is, doubtless, a hybrid pro- 
duction, but we have not been able to ascertain 
whether it originated in this country or in France. 
Its beauty must be accepted as a compensation for 
its deficiency of hereditary family honours. 
It has been well said, by an eminent botanist, that 
the Rose is the most favourite of plants, in all coun- 
tries of the Globe ; the type of beauty and love, be- 
stowing its name to enrich other flowers ; which de- 
rive from thence, their chief celebrity ; and taking 
unquestioned precedence in all matters of ornament 
or taste. But thorns are proverbially the accom- 
paniments of Roses ; nor can any one be more sen- 
sible of this, than the botanist who attempts to ex- 
tricate and define the species of this beautiful fa- 
mily. Cultivated plants, in general, are known to 
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