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SPECIES ROSES, Part 2 Species roses are the unhybridized, pure-breds of nature. Generally, the flowers are less spectacular than some of the cultivars, but there is a charm to there simplicity. Gertrude Jekyll discusses them in Chapter V of Roses for English Gardens. Some of the examples below are probably cultivars. To see a fullsize image, simply click on the name of the rose or the thumbnail shown.

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