ROSE, with roundish seed-buds; flowers very small, flesh-coloured,
and of a deep red in the centre; leaflets egg-shaped,
sharp-pointed, and small, hairy beneath, with finely sawed
glandular margins. It is a dwarf shrub; stem and petioles prickly;
the spines of the branches are scattered and straight.
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This elegant little plant proves, as we imagined it would, distinct from
the minor variety, whose flower and leaves we find subject to vary both
in size and colour, but in the present true original species they are
not. At present it is a very scarce Rose, and likely so to continue,
from the difficulty annexed to its cultivation.
Our figure represents one-third of the entire and only plant in the
collection of Messrs. Loddige, Hackney, the whole plant exhibiting an
equal degree of luxuriant bloom. It very rarely attains the height of
one foot; but this year it had not exceeded five inches, which gave an
addition of singularity to its appearance. It begins to flower nearly at
the same time as the Rose de Meaux, but does not remain quite so long in
bloom.
[Illustration]
ROSA semperflorens.
_Ever-blowing Rose._