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Rosarum Monographia; Or, a Botanical History of Roses. to Which Is Added an Appendix for the Use of Cultivators
Rosarum Monographia Or a Botanical History of Roses to Which Is Added an Appendix for the Use of Cultivators Author:John Lindley General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1820 Original Publisher: Printed for J. Ridgway Subjects: Roses Gardening / General Gardening / Flowers / General Gardening / Flowers / Roses Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. W... more »hen you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: I ,.- n.:. This is a species not uncommonly cultivated in gardens, where, however, it has never produced its flowers. At Montpellier it blossomed and was taken for a new species by M. Decandolle and published in his catalogue under the name of R. nivea. There, however, can be no doubt that this is what was intended in the Hortus Kewensis for R. sinica, which name I have therefore retained. It may be necessary to observe, that Linnseus had another plant in view for R. sinica, which is noticed in my remarks upon R. indica. I have already pointed out the differences between this and R. Icevigata under the latter species. Their heps are so similar that I have never been able to distinguish them. Fruit of R. sinica, gathered near Macao, where it is common, I have received from Mr. Sabine, and of R. Icevigata from Mr. Fraser. The tab. 16 is copied from a Chinese drawing in the possession of the Right Honourable Sir Joseph Banks. 72. ROSA recurva. R. stipulis subulatis, foliolis 5-9, petiolis aculeatis, fructibus muricatis. R. recurva Roxb. ft. ind. ined. Hab. in Nepalia, (Buchanan). Roxb. MSS. Subscandent, well armed with strong, recurved prickles. Leaflets 5-9, ovato-lanceolate, acutely serrated, smooth. Stipules subulate. Petioles armed. This stoul, straggling, recurved, powerfully armed was brought by Dr. Buchanan from Nepal to the Botanic garden, Calcutta, where it has been ten years without flowering. Roxb. MSS. The above account of Dr. Roxburgh is the...« less