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"Old Crimson China" rose Reviews & Comments
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24 APR 19 by
Andrew from Dolton
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It says in the profile "no fragrance" but my 'Slater's Crimson China' has quite a strong damask smell.
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24 APR 19 by
 HubertG
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My 'Semperflorens' has a scent. I wouldn't say it's typical damask, but it has a moderate fragrance.
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17 NOV 20 by
CybeRose
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The old records report that the original Crimson China had a scent like the Harebell.
Exotic Botany: Consisting of Coloured Figures, and Scientific Descriptions, t. 91, 1806
Sir James Edward Smith
ROSA semperflorens.
The double flowers have a faint sweet smell, at least in a warm room, resembling that of the Harebell.
The Cyclopaedia; Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Volume 31, page 14 (1819)
13. Scilla nutans; Hare-bell Squill or Wild Hyacinth ... "The flowers have a light sweet scent, more perceptible than in the preceding [S. campanulata], and resembling that of the Dark China Rose, Rosa semperflorens."
Joseph Knight raised a flock of seedlings from the original, that differed somewhat in color and form. He also raised a variety called 'Animating', presumably from a cross of the Crimson China and the Blush Tea-scented. The fragrance of this one was so distinctive that Viibert (1826) named a rose 'Noisette odeur de Bengale animating/'.
"Damask" is not a scent that would be associated with a China rose.
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23 JUL 18 by
Andrew from Dolton
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This rose has made good growth, sending-up healthy new shoots. However, a lot of the sprays are blind and any buds that do try and open are deformed. It flowered O.K. last year and 'Old Blush' and 'Hume's Blush Tea Scented China' next to it are flowering very well. Does anyone have any suggestions?
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24 NOV 17 by
John Hook
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We are shown as selling this rose as "Belfield". Although we sell "Belfield" we consider the R. Indica Semperflorens ex Fineschi/Cavriglia as being a better example
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8 AUG 17 by
CybeRose
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The Universal Herbal, Or, Botanical, Medical, and Agricultural Dictionary p. 484 (1824)
Thomas Green
38. Rosa Semperflorens; Deep-red China Rose. Fruits oblong, with the peduncles hispid; stems and petioles prickly, hispid; leaves subternate, prickly; flowers large in proportion to the plants, semi-double, with great richness of colour, (dark red) uniting a most delightful fragrance.—They come out in succession during the winter months.— Native of China.
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