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lerate régions o f Africa, Asia, and America, but not o f Australia; and they
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'tave boea in cidtivaiion in the Old World, for the beauty and fragrance of
tbeir flowers, from time immemorial. As the culture of roses belongs more
to floriculture than to arboriculture, it will be found given at length in oar
Encyclopædia of Gardening, and in the first edition of this woi'k. All the
species may be propagated by cuttings o f the roots, cuttings of the young
wood in a growing state, by layers, or by budding o r grafting ; and they
will all thrive in loaniy soil, dry and rich, ra the r than poor. The genus riôsa
is in a state o f confusion still greater than th a t which subsists among the
different kinds of Ii’ubus ; nor can it well he otherwise, when we consider
th a t tlie greater number o f kinds in cultivation are garden productions, and
th a t the wild kinds differ exceedingly according to soil and situation, and liave
been chiefly described by botanists from dried specimens. We have adopted the
arrangement in Don’s MiUct; with the exception o f omitting the first section,
Sim|)licifàliæ, now made a separate genus by Dr. Lindley. Where the species
arranged under a section are natives o f different countries, it may fairly be
presumed, th a t there is at least one in each country entitled to be considered a
species ; or, a t least, it may be convenient to do so, in the present state of our
knowledge. Nature, it is observed in the Nouveau E u Hamel, “ appears scarcely
to have (ilaced any limit between the different species o f the rose ; and, if
it is already very difficult to define the w ild species, which have not yet been
modified by culture, it is almost impossible to refer to their original type the
numerous varieties which culture has made in th e flowers o f species already
so nearly resembling each other.”
^ i. Feròccs L in d i. Mou. p. 3.
d e riva tio n . F rom /c jw , fierce ; in reference to th e branches being thickly beset with prickles.
Sect. Char. Branches clothed with permanent tomentum. F ru it naked. The
plants contained in ibis' section are a truly natural group ; they are low
shrubs, losing their leaves early in aiitiimii, and are then remarkable for
their hoary branches, bristles, and numerous prickles. Their fruit is perfectly
smooth, which separates them from the next section, in which tlie
frtiit is downy. Sepals usually toothed. {Doris MUL) — Deciduous low
bushes, natives of Caucasus and Kamtschatka.
J, 1. 7!. fiii'rox Lnwr. The fiercely-jnnc*/«/Rose.
Xdentijication. Lawr. I lo s .,t. 42. ; D o n ’s Mill., 2. p. aCÆ
Synonymes. R. kamtschà tic a lied. Ros. I. p. 47. : R . kamtschàtica ^ fèrox Sor. in d e c . Prod. 2.
p. 607. ; Ji. ech in àta Dupont.
E ngravings. L aw r. Ros,, t. 42, ; Red. Ros., 1. p. 47. t. 12. ; and
o u r Jig. 551.
Spec. Char., 4e. Prickles all alike in shape, and
much crowded. Flowers large, red. F ru it globose,
scarlet.. {Doris Mill.) A very priekly
shrub. Caucasus. Height 3 ft. to 4 ft. Introduced
in 1796. Flowers large, red ; July and
August. F ru it scarlet ; ripe in September.
Variety.
J, R. / . 2 nitens Lindl. in Bot. Beg. t. 824.,
Ser. in Dec. Prod. ii. p. 607., has shining
pale green glabrous leaves, and pale crimson
flowers. Deserving a place in collections
on account o f its singularity. ° J 551. «osafórox.
.a. 2. ff. ( f . ) k a m t s c h a ' t i c a Vent. The Kamtschatka Rose.
Identification. Vcnt. Cels,, t. 67. ; D o n ’s Mill., 2. p. 6C5
Engravings. Vent. Cols., t. 67. ; N. D n Ilam ., vol. 7. t. 10. f. 2. ; and o u r fig . 562,
Spec. Char., 4e. Prickles infra-stipular, falcate, large. Leaves opaque. Flowers
solitary, deep red. F ru it spherical, scarlet, less than th a t o f II. fèrox. {Dun's
MUl.) Kamtschatka, in dry rocky places. Height 3 ft.
to 4 ft. Introduced in 1791. Flowers deep red ; June
and July. F ru it scarlet ; ripe in September.
From the appearance of the plants bearing this name in
the extensive collection in Messrs. Loddiges’s arboretum,
we should consider it to be only a variety of B. fèrox.
It Is, however, very distinct, and, from the rich colour of
its flowers and fruit, well deserving a place in collections.
i ii. B ra c teà tiE . 5.52. R. (f.) kamtschàtk-a.
Sect.Char. Branches and fniit clothed with permanent tomentiini. This
section is readily distinguished from the last by the wooUiness of the fnnt.
Leaves dense, usually shining, and prickles placed under the stipules in
pairs. Sepals simple, or nearly so. (Don’s Mill.) — Evergreen, or subevergreen
bushes. Natives of China and Nepal.
i 3 . R . b r a c t e a ' t a Wendl.
The /«rgc-bracted Rose.
Identfication, Wendl. Obs., 50. ; Red. Kos., 1. p. 35., ic. ; I.in d i. Eos. Mon., p. 10. ; Dec. Pi-od , 2.
p .6 ’i i Do n ’s Mill., 2. p. 665.
'lijgravings. ‘ 'WOT^ltolort. Ile rren h a n s ., fase. 4. t. 22. : N. D u Ham., 7. t. 13. ; and our Ag. 663.
Spec. Char., 4 c. Evergreen. Branches upright, to mentose.
tibS. R . bvacteiit«.
Prickles stout, recurved, in many
instances in pairs. Leaflets 5—9, obovate, sub-
serrate, coriaceous, glossy, glabrous. Stipules
scai’cely attached to th e petiole, bristle-shaped,
but fringed. Flowers solitary, terminal, white,
large. Peduncles and calyxes tomentose. F ru it
globo.se, largo, orange red. {Dec. Prod.) Ev e rgreen.
China. Height 5 ft. to 6 ft. Introduced
in 1795. Flowers large, showy, white, solitary,
nearly sessile; June to October. F ru it orange
red ; ripe in October.
Itflowersabundantly,butis rather tender, on which
account it succeeds best when trained against a wall.
Varieties. . —
* R .b . 2 scahncaulis Lindl. Rosar. Monog. p. 10. (feims Bot. Mag.,
t. 1377.) Branches bristly. Prickles smaller than in the species,
and ra the r straight. China, province o f Tchetchiang. (Dec. Prod.)
« K. b. 3 flòre pieno H o rt.—Flowers double, but never expanding freely.
« R. 6. 4 Maria Leonida Hort.—Flowers double, white, yellowish pink
in the centre, expanding freely. One o f the finest of autumnal roses.
The species and the varieties, being somewhat tender,
succeed best, when trained against a wall. They are very
ornamental from their shining evergreen foliage, as well
as from their flowers.
_L 4. R. m i c r o p h y ' l l a Roxh. The small-leafleted Rose.
Identification. Roxb, F l. Ind. ined., according to Lindl. Rosar. Monog.,
p. 9. 145,146. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 602. ; D o n ’s Mill., 2. p. 565.
'Synonyme. Hoi-tong-hong, Chinese.
Engravings. Bot. Reg., t. 919. ; and o u r Jig. 554.
Spec. Char., Sjc. Stem almost without prickles. Leaflets
glossy, sharply serrated, veiny beneath, with densely
netted anastomosing veins. Stipules very narrow,
unequal. Flowers double, o f a delicate rose colour. ^54. «. microphjua.
Calyx densely invested with prickles. Sepals short, broadly ovate, echinate,
endincT in a point. Prickles having a t the base two longitudinal furrows.
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