Rose
the beautiful and fragrant flower which has given name to the large natural order Rosaceæ, seems to be confined to the cooler parts of the Northern Hemisphere. The species are numerous and are extremely difficult to distinguish.
The rose is easily cultivated, and its varieties are almost endless.
ROSEBERY cieties for University Extension, in 1911, after which he was reader of modern history at Cambridge. His historical writings include "The Revolutionary and Napoleonic Era" (1894); "The Reign of Queen Victoria" (1897); "The Rise of Democracy" (1897); "William Pitt and the Great War" (1911); "Origins of the War" (1914); and "The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914" (1915).
He was one of the contributors to the Cambridge Modern History.
ROSE ACACIA (Robinia hispida, natural order Leguminosa), a highly ornamental flowering shrub inhabiting the S. parts of the Alleghany Mountains, and now frequently seen in gardens in Europe. It is a species of locust; the flowers are large, rose-colored, and inodorous; the pods are glandular-hispid.