This little Rose is an evident variety of the wild species, and certainly no great beauty; yet, as a perfectly distinct Rose, it has a greater claim to notice than half the supposed novelties of the present day (combined) could boast. Its variegated leaves give a singularity to its appearance: from its extreme low growth and very spreading branches it may literally be said to creep upon the ground; and which may be rather considered as an addition to the appearance of the plant, by the relief its small white blossoms experience, contrasted with the sombre earth on which they are spread. The duration of the bloom is much longer than might be expected from their extremely thin delicate texture; there is a pretty good succession of flowers: and during the months of July and August they make a lively appearance. From a plant in the nursery of Messrs. Colville, our figure was taken. [Illustration] ROSA Portlandia. _Portland Rose._ CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. Rosa germinibus ovatis: pedunculis petiolisque hispidis: floribus coccineis: aculeis ramorum sparsis, rectis: foliolis ovatis, luteolo-virentibus, subtus villosis; serratulis glandulosis. Rami patentes, albo-virescentes. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. Rose with egg-shaped seed-buds. Peduncles and petioles hispid. Flowers scarlet-coloured; prickles of the branches scattered and straight. Leaflets ovate, of a yellowish green, villose beneath, with glandular serratures. Branches spreading, of a whitish green. * * * * * This Rose is perfectly well known under the appellation of the Portland Rose; a title it is said to have received in compliment to the late Duchess of Portland, a great admirer of this charming tribe of plants, and in whose collection at Bulstrode they were cultivated in great luxuriance. It is a fine scarlet Rose, of a most brilliant appearance, far above comparison with any effort of art. It appears to have the compound character of three different plants: in growth and flower, like the _Gallica officinalis_; in foliage, like the Province; with seed-buds and peduncles more resembling the Damask species. Yet with all these affinities it seems to possess a perfectly distinct character, and may be easily distinguished from most other Roses by the fiery colour of its flowers: the stalks are of a whiter green, and the foliage of a yellower green, than Roses in general. It continues in successive bloom from the middle of summer till late in autumn. Our figure was made from a plant in the nursery of Messrs. Colville. [Illustration] ROSA Pennsylvanica; _Var. flore pleno_. _Pennsylvanian Rose; Double-flowered Variety._ CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. Rosa germinibus globosis, pedunculisque hispidis: foliis patentibus: foliolis ovatis, acuminatis, serratis, glabris: spinis ramorum oppositis, rectis, rubris. Caulis humilis. SPECIFIC CHARACTER.