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‘ ROSA moschata; var. hort. nivea. 
The Snow-white Musk Rose. 
ICOSANDRIA POLYGYNI4. 
Nat. ord. Rosacez. Div. II. Rose. 
ROSA. Supra vol. 1. fol. 46. 
R. moschata, v. supra, fol. 829. Ts ae oda aiid 
. nivea, caule ereeto ramoso, foliolisovato-oblongis acuminatis rugosis, petalis 
magnis obcordatis. _ aah btn 
R. nivea. Dupont. Hort, Gall. 
R. moschata, No. 3. var. A grandes flen 
Pronville, p.181. . fi an 
__ _Frutex erectus, ramosus, 4 pedalis. Rami atrovirides, glaucescentes, nunc 
inermes, nunc aculeis confertis inequalibus, brevibus, falcatis setisque con- 
Sperst. Folia densa, rigida feré sempervirentia ; foliola ovato-oblonga, acumi- 
nata, simpliciter serrata, supra rugosa, lucida, glabra, subtus glauca glabrius- 
cula ; petioli et nervi primarii pubescentes, aculersque sparsis aduncis armati ; 
stipule lineares, integra, adnate, apice subulate. Cymi subquingueflori, pe- 
dunculati, pedunculo pedicellisque sctosis. Bractew ovate, acuminate, re- 
Slexe, glandulis ciliate. Flores expansi, magni, albi, nune rubicundi, petalis 
obcordatis 5-7. Tubus calycis ellipticus setosus ; sepala compostta, glandu- 
lysa. Discus conspicuus. Styli in columnam coaliti. Fructus obovatus, 
glaber, aurantiacus. Sepala decidua. A igs bern is oo, 
This very singular and beautiful variety of Rost mos~ 
chata has been raised by the industry of M. Dupont, a ench 
cultivator of roses. As a single rose, It 1A Sea Y> 
the most beautiful with which we are acquainted, . Its name, 
t of the plant, 
nivea, expresses well the snow-white aspech 0 : 
when. coyered by the multitude of its large white blossoms, 
It is quite hardy, and may be propagated by layers like 
other roses, 
rs simples. Lindl. ros. mon. ed. 
Tt ma car sufficiently paradoxical to unite this plant 
to a as cai which it certainly possesses few pelea 
characters in common, and from which it differs Be mee in 
general appearance ; but the same ee whic ee aaa 
appear proper, in the Rosarum Monee ia, to " i 
R. arvensis the curious Donble Hip Rose o ‘the Gardens, au 
operate in the arrangement of the subject of tas ee e. 
We are clearly of opinion, that in all those genera Ww ic are 
much the objects of cultivation, it 18 necessary, in order to 
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