Part 15

Rosa germinibus sub-globosis, pedunculisque hispidis et glandulosis: foliolis ovatis, margine serratis, subtus villosis: floribus læte rubris, odoratis: caulis humilis, aculeis ramorum sparsis.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Rose with nearly round seed-buds, and peduncles hispid and glandular: leaflets egg-shaped, sawed at the edges, and villous beneath: flowers of a fine red colour, and sweet-scented: stem low: the prickles of the branches are scattered.

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This Province Rose, of humble stature, is very sweetly scented. The flowers are rather small, but very compact, and of a fine colour. We have observed it for three successive summers, and have not perceived any very material alteration in its character: but such is the latitude in growth of this fine tribe, that it would not be possible to prescribe exact bounds to the size, or limits to the height, of some luxuriant plants in a rich congenial soil; and if under such circumstances this Rose should be found to exceed our present delineation of it, there is little doubt but amongst all the other varieties it would still be found (comparatively) a dwarf plant.

ROSA alba.

White Rose.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

Rosa germinibus ovatis, glabris: pedunculis hispidis: floribus albis: foliolis ovatis, acutis, ad margines serratis, subtus leviter tomentosis: caulis erecto-patens, superne sub-glaber, ad basin aculeis rigidis instructus.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Rose with smooth egg-shaped seed-buds and hispid peduncles: flowers white: leaflets ovate and pointed, with serrated margins, slightly downy on the under side: stem between erect and spreading, nearly smooth on the upper part, but furnished with strong spines towards the base.

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This Rose is a native of Britain, and considered as the first on the list of Garden Roses removed from the common Hedge or Dog Rose, its charming wild original. The flowers are very fugitive, so soon falling off that a specimen in fine bloom is not easily procured. It is the source of several fine varieties, and flowers during the summer months, but is in very few collections.

ROSA Caroliniana; Var. flore pleno.

Great Burnet-leaved Carolina Rose; Double-flowered Variety.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

Rosa germinibus globosis pedunculisque hispidis: petiolis aculeatis: foliolis oblongis, acutis, serratis, nitidis: floribus carneis, in centro inapertis: caule glabro: spinis ramorum sparsis et oppositis.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Rose with round seed-buds and hispid peduncles: petioles prickly: the leaflets are oblong, sharp-pointed, sawed, and shining: flowers flesh-coloured, and unopened in the middle: stem smooth: the spines of the branches are scattered and opposite.

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In this double-flowered variety of the Great Burnet-leaved Carolina Rose there is a variation much more powerful than many of the new species of the present day could lay claim to, as nearly one half of the plant from which our figure was made, in the garden of the Hon. W. Irby, was so different both in shape and size, that they might easily pass for distinct species; and had we not found them both on one plant, we should have been inclined to consider them as such. A separate figure will therefore be given of such a strong-marked difference of character, that will probably illustrate the distinction actually existing between varieties and species.

ROSA semperflorens, simplex.

Single Ever-blooming Rose.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

Rosa germinibus subrotundis, pedunculisque leviter hispidis, glabris et nitidis: floribus simplicibus et rubris: foliolis oblongis, acutis, glabris et nitidis, margine serrulatis: caule viridi, glabro, ad basin spinis rubris.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Rose with roundish seed-buds, and peduncles slightly hispid, smooth, and shining: flowers single and red: leaflets oblong, pointed, smooth and shining, with finely sawed margins: stem green, smooth, with red thorns on the lower part.

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