ROSA RA PA. 
DOUBLE BURNET-LEAVED ROSE. 
Class. Order. 
ICOSANDRIA. POLYGYRIA. 
Natural Order. 
ROSACEA. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
N. America. 
5 feet. 
June, Aug. 
Perennial. 
in 1726. 
No. 457. 
The derivation of the word Rosa has been recent- 
ly noticed. Rapa, the systematic name of the tur- 
nip, has, we presume, been adopted as a specific 
name for this Rose on account of its round fruit and 
long leafy calyx; which, together, bear some resem- 
blance to that vegetable. 
We have pleasure in noticing this Rose from ex- 
perience of its value as an unfailing ornament. It 
is commonly cultivated as a straggling bush; in 
which form it has less to recommend it than many 
other species; but pruned to a head, on its own stem, 
it assumes the habit and appearance of a budded 
standard. We have now one in view, bearing a 
thousand blossom buds. 
All the strong Roses may be grow n on their own 
stems, in precisely the same forms as budded stocks. 
There is no general charm in budding, productive 
of peculiar growth. The compact head, of small 
laterals, can be produced by pruning alone; and so 
regulated as to be far more ornamental than the 
loose bushes usually seen. The situation, and other 
circumstances, should, of course, influence the taste 
in adopting any particular mode of training. Where 
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