Article (magazine)  (2023)  
 
'Spice' China Rose, Source/Accession JCRA [JC Raulston Arboretum, Raleigh NC]  ...Estimated ploidy level(x) 2 

Newsletter  (May 2015)  Page(s) 15. Vol 36, No. 3.  Includes photo(s).
 
Peter Holmes, President Bermuda Rose Society.
"Spice". When Peter Harkness visited us in 1979 he was very interested in "Spice". He investigated and decided that very possibly it could be 'Hume's Blush Tea-Scented China' (R. x odorata). It is identical to a sample of 'Hume's Blush Tea-Scented China' provided by Odile Masquelier from her garden, La Bonne Maison, in Lyon France, but differs from a South African sample provided by Gwen Fagan. 'Hume's Blush', an important ancestor of all the Tea roses, was one of the roses that was given safe passage to the Empress Josephine in 1810 by special arrangement between the warring French and English governments. It was illustrated by Redoute in 1817. This rose has been growing in Bermuda for many years and because of its delightful scent was always known as "Spice".

Newsletter  (Apr 2014)  Page(s) 20. No. 11.  
 
[From "What is the next step?", by John Hook]
“Bermuda Spice” identified as 'Caroline' (Tea, Guerin 1833),

Book  (2011)  Includes photo(s).
 
p69. Gregg Lowery. "Spice". The "Spice Rose" may well be the same as the "Sweet Rose" mentioned in early accounts of Bermuda gardens. The flowers are white with a blush of pink, and strongly scented with a spicy sweetness. Peter Harkness on a visit to Bermuda in 1979 was struck by its resemblance to Redoute's 1817 portrait of 'Hume's Blush Tea-Scented China' and returned to England with a plant to consult with others in Britain. While now the consensus is that the two are the same, recently a rose has emerged from Laos that is also believed to be a candidate for 'Hume's Blush'.

p69. Photo "Spice" - by Malcolm Manners.

p77. Liesbeth Cooper. DNA Results on Bermuda Mystery Roses.
"Spice". It is identical to a sample of 'Hume's Blush Tea-scented China' provided by Odile Masquelier from her garden, La Bonne Maison, in Lyon, but differs from a South African sample sent by Gwen Fagan.

p77. Photo "Spice".

Article (magazine)  (2010)  Page(s) 1781.  
 
Spice, Earth-Kind-designated rose for the south-central United States, China, Unknown, Unknown, Ploidy 2x ....

Booklet  (2009)  Page(s) 28.  
 
Diploid....Spice, heterozygous loci 78% [Provenance: Antique Rose Emporium]

Booklet  (2009)  Page(s) 52.  
 
The Bermuda found rose 'Spice'... has the haplotype typical of the China Roses, but is within the cluster of Tea Type Roses based on the SSR data, so it appears to have a strong Tea Rose background as well. The Tea-based SSR profile and China Rose chloroplast type of this accession match with it's suspected identity of 'Hume's Blush Tea--Scented China', and if it is not that particular rose, it does appear to be an Tea Rose type cultivar.

Book  (2006)  Page(s) 89.  
 
"Spice" ['Hume's Blush Tea-Scented china?]. Tea. Good reliable rebloom. Best fragrance. Habit [diagram] 1. Cream and pink petals of satiny texture with large petals guarding smaller ribbons. There has been much speculation as to whether this very fragrant rose is not in fact one of the original four "Stud" Chinas introduced into Europe in the late 1700s.

Book  (15 Oct 2001)  Page(s) 85.  
 
Phillip Robinson. "Spice" is a found rose from Bermuda, which has also been found here in the South on at least two occasions. Some have tried to equate it with 'Hume's Blush Tea-Scented China'. Although there is much similarity to old illustrations, 'Hume's Blush' shouldl have a round receptacle and fruit. The receptacles on blossoms of "Spice" are only rarely round, usually elongate ovals. The hips, when formed, are elongate-round then narrowing at the base until it joins the peduncle imperceptibly.

Book  (Dec 1998)  Page(s) 532.  
 
Spice China... pale pink...