Various opinions are entertained with respect to the native place of this species of rose, and it is a point which still remains undetermined. It is cultivated in gardens very extensively, as an ornamental flower, and grows luxuriantly in most parts of the United States, and throughout the continent of Europe, flowering in June.

The Rosa Centifolia has prickly stalks, which are from three to six feet in height. The leaves are pinnated, consisting of two or three pairs of leaflets, with an odd one; the leaflets are oval, broad, serrated, veined, hairy, and attached by very short petioles to a rough common footstalk; the flowers are large, varying in color, generally of a pale red, and supported on peduncles which are beset with bristly hairs; the leaves of the calyx are semi-pinnate; the petals are large and numerous; the parts of fructification are by cultivation converted into petals.

There are many varieties comprehended under this species of rose, which are indiscriminately gathered for medicinal purposes, and are found by chemical analysis not to differ essentially from each