. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 1554 KOSA ROSA 25. lilcida, Ehrh. (J?, huviilis, var. lucida, Best). Shrub, G ft. high, with few or no suckers; pricliles sometimes hooked: Ifts. 7-9, elliptic to obovate-elliptic, dark green and shining above, thickish, often sliglitly pubescent beneath, ^4-1% in. long; stipules somewhat dilated: fls. usually
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 1554 KOSA ROSA 25. lilcida, Ehrh. (J?, huviilis, var. lucida, Best). Shrub, G ft. high, with few or no suckers; pricliles sometimes hooked: Ifts. 7-9, elliptic to obovate-elliptic, dark green and shining above, thickish, often sliglitly pubescent beneath, ^4-1% in. long; stipules somewhat dilated: fls. usually few or solitary, aboiit 2 in. across; sepals usually entire: fr. like that of the preceding. June, July. Newfoundland to N. Y. and Pa. 2:231. Gn. 55, p. adapted for borders of shrubberies, handsome in summer witli its shining foli- age and bright pink flowers: ornamental in winter with the brownish red stems and red fruits, remaining plump until the following spring. Var. alba, Hort., has white fls. and green stems. 12:1098. Gng. 5:30G. Var. plena, Hort. With double fls. i?. Bdpa, Bosc, is also supposed to be a double-fld. var. or perhaps hybrid of this species. 26. hftmilis, Marsh. {E. parvifldra, Ehrh. E. Lifoni, Pursh). Pig. 2148 c. Shrub, 3 ft. or sometimes 6 ft. high, spreading by means of numerous suckers, with slender prickles and usually numerous bristles: Ifts. 5-7, resembling those of the former but narrower, thin- ner, not shining, usually pubescent beneath: fls. often solitary; outer .sepals lobed. June. Maine to Ga., west to Wis. and Ind. Terr. Much resembling the preceding, which is often considered a var. of this species. —Var. villbsa, Best. Lvs. villous-pubescent beneath, thickish. v-^:. 215S. Rosa Carolina (X K)- See No. 24. 27. nitida, Willd, Low upright shrub, IH ft. high: branches covered with straight prickles and numerous bristles: Ifts. 7-9, narrowly oblong, acute at both ends, bright green and shining above, glabrous, ?^^-l in. lon
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