RO SA SEMPERFLO'RENS. 
CRIMSON CHINESE ROSE. 
Class. Order. 
ICOSANDRIA. POLYGYRIA. 
Natural Order. 
ROSACEA. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
China. 
2 feet. 
May, Sept. 
Perennial. 
in 1789. 
No. 177. 
In giving our readers the derivation of the term 
Rosa, we cannot do better than take the words of 
that talented botanist, the late Sir James Edward 
Smith. He thought the derivation of generic terms 
of considerable importance, and therefore has, him- 
self, spent much time on the subject. He describes 
this as “ An ancient and popular name, derived, with 
most probability, from the Celtic ros or rhos; 
whence comes also its Greek synonyme, rodon; 
and in the name of the same flower in various modern 
languages. Rose, Rosa, &c. De Theis remarks, 
that the Celtic rhodd or rhudd, signifying red, 
is the primary root of these words, the rose colour 
being almost synonymous with redness. Hence also 
came rhus, rubia, rubus, and the Greek name 
of the pomegranate, roa or rodia, still in use. 
All these words have a manifest reference to red 
colour in* some part of each of the plants.” 
Unqualified admiration of the Rose is, perhaps, 
nearly coeval with human nature itself. We can- 
not, indeed, trace its history back to our first pa- 
rents in paradise, but we may be allowed to indulge 
the fancy that paradise was not without Roses; and 
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