. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. XXVI. JJOSA~CE^ : RO^SA. 331. double, semidoiible, white, purple, red, and even yellow. The first double variety was found in a wild state, in the neighbourhood of Perth, by Mr. Brown of the Perth Nursery, who raised a number of others from seed. Mr. Austin of the Glasgow Nursery also ra
. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. XXVI. JJOSA~CE^ : RO^SA. 331. double, semidoiible, white, purple, red, and even yellow. The first double variety was found in a wild state, in the neighbourhood of Perth, by Mr. Brown of the Perth Nursery, who raised a number of others from seed. Mr. Austin of the Glasgow Nursery also raised upwards of 50 select vari- eties J and, subsequently, the number of these varieties for sale in the nur- series has become so great, and they are changing their names so often, that it would be useless to attempt to give a list of them in this work. In Mr. Rivers's Abridged List of Roses, in the Rose Amateur's Guide, the following sorts are recommended : Erebus, Guy Mannering, La Neige, Lady Baillie, Queen of May, True yellow, William the Fourth, and Venus. -« 24. R. rube'lla Smith. The reddish Rose. Identification. Smith Eng. Bot., 2521.; Don's Mill., 2. p. isj. Engravings, Eng. Bot., 2521. ; and our -Jig. 574. Spec. Char., ^c. Prickles slender, straight, crowded. Fruit globose. Leaflets glabrous. Peduncles bristly. (Don's Mill.) A low shrub, with divaricating branches. Eng- land, in Northumberland, on the sandy sea coast. Height 2 ft. to 3 ft. Flowers either blush-coloured, or white blotched with pink, delicately fragrant ; July. Fruit bright scarlet; ripe in September. A rare species, nearly allied to R- spinosissima a R. hibb'enica Smith. The Irish Rose. Identification. Smith in Eng. Bot, 2196.; Don's Mill., 2. p. 669. Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 2196.; and our Jig. 575. Spec. Char.,^c. Prickles unequal, slightly hooked,smaller ones bristle-formed. Leaflets ovate, acute, simply serrated, with the ribs hairy beneath. Sepals pinnate. Fruit nearly glo- bular, smooth,
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