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Rosa xanthina seems to be as indefinite as to precise botanical position as is R. ecae. There is nothing indefinite about its beautiful semi-double blooms of brilliant yellow, coming in with the roses above mentioned and several weeks ahead of the Harison's Yellow, that it is frequently mistaken for. It is blamed on North China and Korea, and really passes as a double hugonis.