(1898)  
 
New Garden Plants of the Year 1897:
Rosa heterophylla [ed. note: modern nomenclature would be Rosa 'Heterophylla'] (J.H.F. 1897, 777, f. 13)...A garden hybrid, between R. rugosa and R. lutea. (M. Cochet-Cochet, France)

(1917)  Page(s) 65.  
 
Paeonia obovata. (Gardeners Chronicle 1915, lvii, 290, f. 94.) Ranunculaceae. Herbaceous. Plant reaching a height of about 2 ft., with foliage characteristic of the genus, and white flowers 4-5 in. across. A re-introduction. Manchria and China.

(1906)  Page(s) 74.  
 
Pæonia lutea superba. (G. C. 1905, xxxvii.) Ranunculaceae. G. A variety with larger flowers than the type. (V. Lemoine et fils, Nancy.)

(1902)  Page(s) 98.  
 
Rosa aschersoniana (Gfl. 1902, 561, t.1504, f.1.) . Rosaceæ. H. A garden hybrid between R. blanda and R. indica. (Zabel, Gotha).

(1896)  Page(s) 16.  
 
Rosa centifolia paestumense, Sprenger. (B. T. O. 1895, 165.) Rosaceæ. A variety with double...

(1917)  Page(s) 68.  
 
Rosa cerasocarpa. See R. gentiliana.

(12 Oct 1916)  Page(s) 188-189.  
 
881. Rosa (Cinnamomeae) elegantula, Rolfe; affinis R. sertatae, Rolfe, ramis juvenilibus copiose et graciliter aciculatis et floribus duplo minoribus facile distinguenda.
 
Frutex ramosus, mediocris; ramuli subglabri, saepissime copiose aculeati, rarius subinermes. Folia conferta, 5-8 cm. longa, 7-9-foliolata; rhachis sparse glandulosa et aculeolata; foliola subsessilia, elliptica vel ovato-elliptica, obtusa, acute et simpliciter dentata, rarius subduplicato-serrata, utrinque glauca, 1-2 cm. longa; stipulae adnatae, anguste oblongae, obtusae tel subobtusae, minutissime ciliato-glandulosae, 5-6 mm. longae. Flores speciosi, saturate rosei, 2.5-3 cm. diametro, in ramulorum brevium apicibus solitarii vel pauci; pedunculi 2 cm. longl laeves. Receptaculum  anguste ovoideo-oblongum, laeve, 5-6 mm. longum. Calycis lobi ovato-lanceolati, caudato-acuminati, interdum subfoliacei, puberuli, minutissime ciliolati, rarissime glandulosi, ciciter 1 cm. longi, patentes. Petala late obcordata. Filamenta glabra, 2-3 mm. longa, antheris aureis. Styli villosi, in columnam 2 mm. longam cohaerentes.

CHINA: Wilson 1165, 1280 (ex hort. Veitch).

A very pretty little rose, readily distinguished from R. sertata, Rolf (Bot. Mag. t. 8473) by its copiously aciculate branches and by the much smaller flowers with vary deep carmine-rose petals. The plants were grown from seeds collected by Mr. E. H. Wilson for Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, with whom it flowered in June, 1908, and subsequently at Kew.
 

(1898)  Page(s) 138.  
 
Rosa gigantea- A flowering specimen of this species has been received at Kew from T. H.Hansbury, Esq., La Mortola, Ventimiglia, Italy, with the following information under date of April 26.-On Sunday I saw Rosa gigantea in full bloom on the façade of the Chateau Eleonore at Cannes, the residence of Lord Brougham and Vaux. The plant is growing in a box measuring perhaps 2½ft. x 1ft. x 1ft., and I should say that this box must be entirely full of the roots of the plant. The colour of the buds reminded me of those of the rose, Wm. Allen Richardson, but under the strong sun it opens very quickly and looks almost white before the petals fall.
R. gigantea was discovered in Burma, on the Shan hills plateau, at 4000 to 5,000 feet by Sir Henry Collett, K.C.B., and also in Manipur, at an altitude of 6,000 feet by Dr. Watt.
At firs there seemed hopes that this fine climber would succeed on walls, etc., in sheltered places in Britain,but although several plant at Kew and elsewhere withstood - with comparatively little protection- the severe winter of 1890-1, that of 1892-3 killed all of them outright. At Kew it grows vigorously under glass, but, as far, has not flowered.

(1906)  Page(s) 159-160, no. 5.  
 
Rosa Moyesii, Hemsl. el E. H. Wils.; species R. macrophyllae proxima, a qua foliis patentibus aculeatis, foliolis creberrime denticulatis, floribus solitariis atropurpureis et fructu maximo cum calycis lobis erectis 6 cm. longo apice constricto differt.—W. B. H.

An erect bush, 2.5-3.5 m. high; branches glabrous with very few prickles; prickles short, straight, dilated at base. Leaves 7-13-foliolate, including the petioles 8-18 cm. long, 4-7.5 cm. broad ; petioles 2-2.5 cm. long; leaflets subsessile, elliptic, rarely elliptic-lanceolate, 1.5-4 cm. long, 6-25 mm. broad, abruptly acute, regularly dentate-serrate, glabrous save midrib, which on under side is clothed with silky appressed hairs; rhachis pilose, with few or several straight subulate prickles, and numerous setose glands. Stipules adnate, 1.5-2 cm. long, purplish, wing broad, free ends deltoid, glandular-ciliolate. Flowers erect, solitary at the ends of short lateral shoots, very dark red, 5-6.5 cm. across, bracteate; bracts 1-2, oblong, acute, ciliolately glandular; peduncles 2-3 cm. long, naked or clothed with setose glands. Calyxtube ovoid, naked or setosely glandular, purple; lobes spreading, oblong-ovate, 2-2.5 cm. long, caudate-acuminate, slightly foliaceous at apex, sparsely pubescent, often with few setose glande outside, very pubescent inside. Petals orbicular, 2-3 cm. broad, rounded, occasionally somewhat cuneate at base, slightly hairy outside. Styles 8, exserted, shorter than stamens, thickened upwards, more or less trigonous, pilose. Fruit red. ovoid, 3 cm. long, constricted above, and crowned by the persistent calyx-lobes which have become erect and enclose the stamens.

SZECHUAN. Tibetan frontier, chiefly near Tatien-lu, 2700-4000 m., Pratt, 172; 2100-2700 m., Wilson, 3543.

This species is not uncommon in shrubberies on the mountains between Mt. Omi and Tatien-lu, and its dark-red flowers are singularly pleasing. Named in compliment to the Rev. J. Moyes, of the China Inland Mission, stationed at Tatien-lu, to whom I am much indebted for hospitality, assistance, and companionship on one long and interesting journey in Eastern Tibet.— E. H. W.

(1908)  Page(s) 462.  
 
Rosa sericiea, Linld., var. pteracantha, Franch., a white-flowered species with elegant foliage, is remarkable for the large compressed decurrent red prickles which clothe its branches. It is a native of Western China and Manipur, and was first introduced into European gardens by Mr. Mauice L. de Vilmorin. The Kew plant from which the drawing [in Bot. Mag.] was prepared was purchased from Messrs. Paul of Cheshunt, in 1906.