ROSE, with egg-shaped seed-buds; empalements and peduncles mossy;
petioles and younger branches hispid, and glandularly viscous;
flowers of a flesh-colour; the spines of the branches are scattered
and straight.
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Our figure represents a delicate Pale Variety, of the common, old, (but
ever favourite) species, taken from the nursery of Mr. Shailer of Little
Chelsea, and at present considered as a rare plant; but which we regard
as only a variety of colour, considering the latitude of growth to which
Roses in general are subject, and the present species in particular,
whose beautiful original when cultivated in a pot instead of the open
ground experiences a diminution both in its mossy character and the
brilliance of its colour, but frequently acquires a much more graceful
habit from the confinement of its situation: and as the Rose is as much
noticed under this treatment as in any other mode of culture, the Author
has carefully selected from a number of fine specimens one of luxuriant
but rapid growth; that, aided by its rich and higher coloured original,
may serve as a criterion to ascertain the variety of form and character
with which it may at different times meet the eye.
[Illustration]
ROSA Bella Donna.
_Maiden’s-blush Rose._