Our drawing represents the single, semi-double, and completely double-flowered velvet Roses, easily distinguished when in flower, but when out of bloom not the slightest difference is discernible.
ROSA Eglanteria, major.
Large Eglantine Rose, or Tree Sweetbriar.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Rosa germinibus sub-globosis, pedunculisque hispidis: floribus magnis, semi-duplicibus: foliis patentibus: foliolis ovatis, magnis, marginibus glandulosis: caule et petiolis aculeis rubris recurvis instructis.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Rose with nearly round seed-buds and hispid peduncles: flowers large, and semi-double: leaves spreading: leaflets ovate, large, and glandular on the edges: the stem and petioles are furnished with prickles recurved and red.