It is a native of the island of Madeira, and a very desirable rose, although by no means splendid; but as one of the latter blowing it is a considerable addition, as it illumines that part of autumn, when the major part of this luxuriant tribe have ceased to bloom.
Our figure was made from a fine plant in the nursery of Messrs. Whitley and Brames, Old Brompton.
ROSA moschata, Var. flore pleno.
Double Musk Rose.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Rosa, paniculis multifloris, redolens quasi moschum; pedunculis villosis, petiolis aculeatis; foliolis oblongis, acuminatis, glabris; spinis ramorum latis, sparsis, rectis.