Rose with nearly round seed-buds, and peduncles hispid and
glandular: flowers of many petals: leaflets ovate, glandular, and
hairy: stem and petioles prickly.
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Of all the fragrant-leaved Roses, this is certainly the finest, and for
which we are indebted to Mr. Williams, who discovered it in his nursery
about 23 years ago, growing promiscuously in the same Sweetbriar-bush
with the Eglanteria major; and although found vegetating at the same
time, and under the same auspices, yet is its character altogether very
different; this being as slow in growth as the other is quick. It is the
only Eglantine Rose at present known with perfectly double flowers, and
is with difficulty increased by layers, which are a long time in forming
a root; and the seeds, which it very rarely ripens, remain in the ground
a long time dormant.
[Illustration]
ROSA gracilis.
_Slender Rose._