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Rosa centifolia, Linn. (R. gollica var. centifolia, Regel). Cabbage Rose. Closely allied to the preceding species. Rootstock less creeping: prickles stouter: lfts. usually 5, pubescent on both sides or only beneath, larger and thinner; rachis not prickly: fls. usually pink, very double, on long and slender pedicels, nodding, fragrant; petals inflexed; sepals persistent. June, July. E. Caucasus. W.R. 115. G. 1:340. Of this rose the double-flowered form only is in cult., known already to the ancients. Var. muscosa, Ser. (R. muscosa, Alt.). Moss Rose. Fig. 3442. Fls. rose, with peduncles and calyx glandular-mossy. B.M. 69. Gn. 18:84. G.W. 7, p. 125. Var. álbo-muscosa, Willmott. Like the preceding, but fls. white. B.R. 102. W.R. 117. Var. cristata, Prevost, has the mossy excrescences confined to the edges of the sepals. B.M. 3475. G.W. 7,p. 125. W.R. 118. Var. pomponia, Lindl. (A. pulchella, Willd. R. dijonensis, Roessig). Pompon Rose.Dwarf form: lfts. elliptic, glabrous above, about 1 in. long: fls. double, bright red, 1 1/2 in. across; pedicels densely setose. W.R. 119. Var. parvifolia, Rehd. (R. parvifolia, Ehrh. R. burgundiaca Roessig). Burgundian Rose. Similar to the preceding, but smaller: lfts. 1/2 - 3/4 in. long: fls. about 1 in. across; pedicels slightly setose. B.R. 452. W.R. 120.—Numerous spontaneous hybrids are known. From this with its varieties, and ft. damascena, the Hybrid Perpetual or Remontant roses have originated by hybridizing with R. chinensis and its forms.
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