ost largely grown and most
|being found in |across; |popular; it is much used as
|Portugal and not|May |an undergrowth in woods and
|again until Asia| |other places. In many parts
|Minor is reached| |it has become naturalised,
| | |reproducing itself from
| | |self-sown seeds. It has
| | |been much used by the
| | |hybridist, and with R.
| | |caucasicum and R.
| | |catawbiense has produced
| | |many beautiful hybrids. It
| | |will grow beneath trees,
| | |and its evergreen foliage
| | |is not the least of its
| | |attractions. There are
| | |several varieties.
| | |
R. punctatum |North America, |Flowers |A dwarf and evergreen
|Alleghany |rose; 1 |species. R. minus is a
|Mountains, from |inch |synonym.
|North Carolina |across; in|
|to Georgia |clusters |
| |in June |
| | |
R. racemosum |First exhibited |Pink- |The introduction of this
|by the |white; |added another type to this
|introducers, |April |genus, for both in flower
|Messrs. Veitch, | |and general habit it is
|in 1892, and is | |distinct from other
|a native of | |species. It is dwarf, with
|Western China, | |small oval leaves, and
|where it is | |flowers borne in axillary
|found 6000 to | |and terminal clusters, and
|10,000 feet | |so profusely that every
|elevation | |branch is a mass of
| |