(1785)  Page(s) 352.  
 
...the Childing Provence...flowers are at first globular, though they will afterwards open at top, and display their petals folded a little like those of the Belgic.

(1785)  Page(s) 348.  
 
Burnet-Rose is a small-growing tree, seldom rising higher than one yard. The flowers are single, and make no great figure; but what renders this Rose valuable is, that the leaves are pinnated in such a manner as to resemble those of the burnet, which occasions its being so called, and by which it constitutes an agreeable variety among the leafy tribe.
The varieties of it are, Red-flowered Burnet-leaved Rose, Black Burnet-leaved Rose, White Burnet-leaved Rose.

(1785)  Page(s) 353.  
 
The Blush and the Dutch Hundred-leaved Roses differ in no respect, only that the flowers of one are of a paler red than those of the other; and both these sorts may contend for the prize of beauty with any of the Rose tribe. They seldom grow more than four feet high. The branches are green and upright, and have very few spines. The flowers are large, and exceedingly double: Each is composed of numerous short petals, which are arranged in so regular a manner as to form a complete flower; and it is on account of the extraordinary number of these petals that this Rose takes the name of Hundred-leaved Rose. We seem to do injustice to this Rose, when we do not pronounce it the fairest of the whole list; but when we reflect on the surpassing delicacy and beauty of amny other sorts, we are obliged to give the preference to none.

(1785)  Page(s) 352.  
 
Hundred-leaved Roses...The Cabbage-Provence is the best of all the sorts; and, if its commonness does not detract from its value, is inferior to no Rose.

(1785)  Page(s) 352.  
 
...the Childing Provence...is of lower growth than any of the other forts, seldom growing to be more than four feet: it is naturally of upright growth, and the bark is brown and prickly. The flowers are at first globular, though they will afterwards open at top, and display their petals folded a little like those of the Belgic.

(1785)  Page(s) 349.  
 
the Common Sweet-Briar is well known all over England. The branches, which are of a reddish cast, are all over closely armed with prickles; the flowers are single, and of a pale-red colour, like those of the Common Wild-Briar. The leaves constitute the value of this plant; for they are possessed of so grateful an odour, as to claim admittance for this sort into the first class of aromatic plants: the odoriferous particles they emit are sweet and inoffensive; and they bestow them in such profusion, especially in the evenings or after a shower, as to perfume the circumambient air to a considerable distance. For this reason, plenty of Sweet-Briars should be planted near much-frequented walks; or if the borders of these are designed for more elegant flowering shrubs or plants, they may be stationed at a distance, out of view, and then they will secretly liberally bestow their sweets, to the refreshment of all....

(1785)  Page(s) 350.  
 
Double Blush Sweet-Briar is a most valuable, and at present a very scarce, plant. It seems to have the tendency not to grow so high as the other sorts of Sweet-Briar. The branches are green, and closely armed with strong prickles. The flowers are of a pale-red or blush colour, and every whit as double as the Cabbage-Provence-Rose: it cabbages in the same manner, and is very fragrant. No one need be told of the value of a Rose which has every perfection and charm, to the highest degree, both in the leaves and flowers, to recommend it.

(1785)  Page(s) 350.  
 
Double Sweet-Briar. The number of petals is so multiplied in this sort as to form a full flower; and it seems to differ in no other respect from the other Sweet-Briars. The flowers are red, and so large and double as to be equal in beauty to many of the other sorts of roses. As by the fragrance of their leaves they afford us a continual treat during the summer months, as well as by their fair flowers at the time of blowing, all who pretend to make a Collection are careful of procuring plenty of this sort.

(1785)  Page(s) 353.  
 
The Blush and the Dutch Hundred-leaved Roses differ in no respect, only that the flowers of one are of a paler red than those of the other; and both these sorts may contend for the prize of beauty with any of the Rose tribe. They seldom grow more than four feet high. The branches are green and upright, and have very few spines. The flowers are large, and exceedingly double: Each is composed of numerous short petals, which are arranged in so regular a manner as to form a complete flower; and it is on account of the extraordinary number of these petals that this Rose takes the name of Hundred-leaved Rose. We seem to do injustice to this Rose, when we do not pronounce it the fairest of the whole list; but when we reflect on the surpassing delicacy and beauty of amny other sorts, we are obliged to give the preference to none.

(1785)  Page(s) 352.  
 
Hundred-leaved Roses...The Dutch Provence has a tendency to cabbage, and is of a deeper red than the Common Provence.