ROS 
RUB 
the Glory of Paris, Pierre de Saint 
Cyr, &c. 
Spotted Roses. Berleze, Donna 
Sol, Due de Bassano, Due d’Orleans 
Ponctue, La Splendeur, Lavoisier, Nero, 
Omphale, Renoncule Ponctue, Superb 
Marbled. 
ROSMARINUS, Rosemary (Linn.) 
Nat. Order, Labiatce. This shrub is 
supposed to be a native of the South of 
Europe, and from thence introduced 
into England by the monks in the dark 
ages. Like nearly all the vegetation 
cultivated at that time immense medici¬ 
nal powers were attributed to it, and 
associations, more poetic certainly, but 
founded on those notions, have con¬ 
tinued to attach till the present time. 
It was regarded as infallible in restoring 
vigour and tone to the nervous system, 
stimulating and strengthening the whole 
set, more especially the memory, and 
hence the poet has derived his type of 
remembrance and fidelity in the Rose¬ 
mary. In the present day it retains 
some estimation in medicine; it is the 
principal ingredient in the celebrated 
Hungary water, and is thought bene¬ 
ficial in cases of nervous headaches. 
There is only one species, R. officinalis, 
which in a wild state is generally found 
on sea-shores. In gardens we have 
three varieties: the silver striped, the 
gold striped, and the broad leaved 
Rosemarys: they are all erect, rigid- 
growing plants, preferring a poor gravelly 
soil, and upon old walls or rockwork 
they thrive exceedingly well. The varie¬ 
gated kinds are most showy, and all 
have a strong aromatic perfume. They 
are readily increased by cuttings taken 
off either in autumn when just ripe, or 
in spring before they begin to grow; 
the lateral shoots of two or three inches 
in length are to be preferred, which in 
September strike in the open ground; 
but in spring a hand-glass is necessary. 
RUBUS, Bramble (Linn.) Nat. Ord. 
Rosacea. The suffruticose portion of 
this genus contains some very ornamental 
plants well suited for dense shrubberies, 
or filling beneath trees where there 
is plenty of room for the species to 
assume their natural appearance. A 
considerable number have what may be 
called biennial woody stems, which grow 
to their full size in one season, bear 
flowers and fruit in the second, and 
then die : succcssional stems being an¬ 
nually produced from the roots. Some 
few others have more enduring branches, 
but none last beyond a few years; for 
their preservation it is therefore always 
necessary to encourage a sufficient num¬ 
ber of root-suckers to form the future 
plant. Perhaps the most ornamental of 
the family are the double flowering 
varieties of R. rosafolius and R. fruti- 
cosus. The first, known as coronarius , 
is rather tender, but succeeds in sheltered 
places when planted and trained against 
a south wall, with the additional protec¬ 
tion of a mat in severe weather; it has 
thorny climbing stems, 3—5 pinnate 
leaves, and usually solitary terminal 
flowers, which are double and white. 
To increase the number of flowers, the 
stems, as they rise from the roots, should 
be stopped about Midsummer; they 
subsequently throw out lateral shoots, 
and when in autumn the old wood is cut 
away, these may be trained in their 
places, and will of course produce a 
greater display of blossoms. The other, 
fruticosus plenus, is seen to the best ad¬ 
vantage when treated in the manner of 
a pillar rose; it should be planted in 
rich loamy soil, and by training the 
strongest stems round a strong stake, 
they produce a number of short lateral 
branches which flower in the second and 
subsequent years, and being rather large, 
very double, and borne in panicles, are 
very showy. In habit, this plant closely 
resembles its parent, the common bramble 
or blackberry of our hedges. R. ocoi- 
dentalis, the American raspberry, is a 
useful plant in shrubberies; it grows 
about five feet high, the erect stems being 
well clothed with ample bright green 
foliage; its flowers are white, and there 
is also a garden variety with rose-coloured 
flowers. R. paucifloras, the Nepal rasp¬ 
berry, is another species of like habit, 
but stronger in growth; it has upright 
stems running seven or eight feet in 
height, with large pinnate leaves, and 
from near the top of the preceding 
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