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Buonaparte Rose. Rosa gallica var. Buonapartii.

Stem stout, erect, branching: branches clothed with slender, weak, straight, red prickles, some of which are longer and stouter than the others: the upper part slightly tinged with a reddish colour, green below, and striated with innumerable faint lines. Leaves generally bearing two pair of leaflets, and terminated by an odå one: the upper one either simple, or bearing three leaflets, which are also smaller. Petioles glandularly hairy, bearing a few prickles, some of which are straight, and others more or less hooked: leaflets opposite, on very short footstalks, ovate or elliptic, acute, or sometimes rather bluntish, somewhat unequal at the base, pennately nerved, reticulately veined, and toothed with unequal bluntish teeth, rough between the teeth, the margins tinged with a reddish brown, of a glossy green, and smooth on the upper side; underneath pale whitish green, occasioned by being clothed with numerous white hairs, which are also on the nerves, the midrib clothed more or less with little brown glands. Stipules connected to the base of the footstalk, terminated in ovate acute points, finely serrulated at the edges, fringed, and more or less clothed with little pedicellated brown glands. Flowers terminal, generally 3 or 4, very large and well filled out with petals. Peduncles or flower-stalks hispid, or clothed with very small straight prickles or setæ, some rather larger than the others; terminal one without bractes; the side ones bearing two bractes a little above the base. Bractes elliptic, taper-pointed, glandularly fringed. Tube of the calyx smooth, punctate : segments variable in number, ovate, keeled, tapering to a long slender point, some entire, others more or less divided, pubescent, and glandular. Petals numerous, very much crowded, the outer ones broadest, and of the palest colour; becoming gradually narrower inwards, where they are of a rosy lilac, palest on the under side.
This beautiful Rose appears to be intermediate between Rosa gallica, and Rosa centifolia, possessing the characters chiefly of the former, with the habit of the latter; the flower partakes nearly equally alike of both, the form of it being most similar to the former, the colour and scent that of the latter: the plant from which our drawing was made, at the Nursery of Messrs. Whitley, Brames, and Milne, was one of the standards that had been budded standard height, a sort of plant that is now very fashionable, the stock on which they are worked being generally R. canina or R. villosa, or some others of the strong growing wild sorts; those soon produce strong heads, and bear an abundance of flowers, and are at present in great demand.
 

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Brown's Superb Rose. Rosa Browniana. 

Stem stout, very much branched: branches elongated, pale green, or more or less tinged with purple, smooth, striated, bearing here and there some strong hooked prickles, with other smaller ones intermixed, some of which are hooked, and others straight, most of which are tipped with small glands. Leaves producing from 2 to 3 pair of leaflets, terminated by an odd one: leaflets oblongly ovate, acute, slightly cordate at the base, of a bright glossy green on the upper side; underneath pale, somewhat canescent, the nerves hairy, sharply serrate at the edges, the teeth tipped with a brown horny point, and thinly fringed with pedicellated glands: terminal leaflet on a long footstalk, the side ones on short ones. Pedicles furrowed on the upper side, rounded on the lower, bearing here and there a prickle on the back, and numerous glandular hairs between. Stipules attached to the base of the pedicles, terminated in short, lanceolate, taper-points. Flowers very large and handsome, very double, and well filled with petals, pale lilac on the outside, and dark red in the centre, often terminated in bunches of 6 to 8 in each. Peduncles thickly clothed with pedicellated glands, more or less tinged with purple. Tube of the Calyx short and inflated, nearly globular, smooth, and punctate, with numerous white specks: segments 5, or frequently 6, ovately lanceolate, tapering to a slender point, entire, or frequently producing two or three segments on each side, densely clothed with loose wool on the inside, the outside thickly clothed with purple glands, seated on short pedicles. Petals numerous, the outer ones broadest, hollow, or cupped inwards, the points at length reflexed, of a bright rosy lilac: inner ones much smaller, of a rich dark red. Stamens mostly imperfect; the filaments short, and taking on more or less the appearance of petals. Styles several, apparently perfect.
Our drawing of this superb Rose, was taken from a plant at the Nursery of Messrs. Whitley, Brames, and Milne, at Fulham, where we observed several large bushes of it in fine bloom; it may be considered one of the most desirable Roses that can be cultivated, as it is such an abundant flowerer, and its flowers are produced at various seasons of the year. It is a hybrid production, first raised from the seed of R. indica, at the Nursery of Mr. Brown, at Slough ; the plant was fertilized with the pollen of R. centifolia, by Mr. Hill, who was at that time there for improvement, as we have been informed by himself; it is as near as possible intermediate between the two parents, the flower, in form and size, partaking chiefly of the latter parent; the leaves are intermediate, partaking of the glossy surface of the former parent, and the rugosity of the latter; the panicle is very large, and nearly the same, as in the female parent, though the flowers themselves are very much more like the male. It may be increased by cuttings, planted under a hand-glass, or by layers, or if wanted to become a strong plant in a short time, it may be budded on a strong stock of R. tomentosa, or R. canina, a plan very much in fashion at present, and a very desirable one for increasing any rare variety with rapidity, or for strengthening any weak growing variety.

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The Florist's Guide, and Cultivator's Directory, Volume 2 (1827)
Robert Sweet
DUKE OF WELLINGTON ROSE.
Rosa Wellingtoni. 
Stem much branched; branches rather slender, smooth, green, and glossy, bearing numerous strong prickles, that are slightly recurved, with small straight ones intermixed. Leaves generally producing 5 leaflets, or sometimes increased to 7: leaflets ovate, acute, sometimes slightly acuminate, sharply serrate at the edges, of a bright glossy green, and smooth on the upper side, underneath of a pale greyish colour, feather-nerved, and reticulately veined, the midrib armed with short rigid prickles, and the veins hairy, teeth sharp and spreading, tipped with a small brown rigid point: upper one on a long footstalk, the side ones on shorter ones. Petioles long and slender, prickly, and clothed with pedicellated glands, furrowed on the upper side, which is of a reddish purple, rounded underneath. Stipules attached to the base of the petioles, the points distinct, lanceolate, acute, neatly fringed with glands seated on pedicles. Flowers terminating the branch by 3 or 4, more or less, of a rich dark red, changing to a darker hue by age. Peduncles glandular, the terminal one bearing no bractes: side ones generally bearing two a little above the base, sometimes one of them is a small leaf, producing three leaflets. Tube of the Calyx, ovate, smooth and glossy, neither pubescent or glandular, except a very few glands at the very base: segments 5, ovate, keeled, tapering to a slender point, spreading or somewhat reflexed when in bloom, entire or sometimes more or less divided, glandular, and slightly pubescent on the outer side, densely woolly on the inside. Petals numerous, obovate, rounded at the ends, more or less cupped, becoming flatter by expansion : outer ones broadest, and most perfect, becoming gradually narrower and more imperfect inwards.

This beautiful hybrid Rose was raised from the seed of Rosa indica that had been fertilized by the pollen of Rosa damascena; there is scarcely a more splendid Rose grown, and its abundance of flowers all through the Spring and Summer is scarcely to be equalled, by which it takes most after the female parent, that flowers all the year through.

Our drawing was taken from a fine standard plant last Summer at the Nursery of Messrs. Whitley, Brames, and Milne, where it was, with numerous other hybrid varieties, and others of the same sort, growing luxuriantly and covered with flowers for months; the plants had been budded standard high, which caused their great luxuriance; the best stocks to work them on is Rosa tomentosa, as it is a very free strong growing sort; numerous plants of it grow the other side of Putney Heath, on the road to Kingston, by the side of the hedges; and in the hedges, and also in Coombe Wood, where there are numerous other species, with which it might be confused, if particular attention is not paid to its strength.

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Duke of Wellington Rose. Rosa Wellingtoni.
Stem much branched; branches rather slender, smooth, green, and glossy, bearing numerous strong prickles, that are slightly recurved, with small straight ones intermixed. Leaves generally producing 5 leaflets, or sometimes increased to 7: leaflets ovate, acute, sometimes slightly acuminate, sharply serrate at the edges, of a bright glossy green, and smooth on the upper side, underneath of a pale greyish colour, feather-nerved, and reticulately veined, the midrib armed with short rigid prickles, and the veins hairy, teeth sharp and spreading, tipped with a small brown rigid point: upper one on a long footstalk, the side ones on shorter ones. Petioles long and slender, prickly, and clothed with pedicellated glands, furrowed on the upper side, which is of a reddish purple, rounded underneath. Stipules attached to the base of the petioles, the points distinct, lanceolate, acute, neatly fringed with glands seated on pedicles. Flowers terminating the branch by 3 or 4, more or less, of a rich dark red, changing to a darker hue by age. Peduncles glandular, the terminal one bearing ‘no bractes: side ones generally bearing two a little above the base, sometimes one of them is a small leaf, producing three leaflets. Tube of the Calyx ovate, smooth and glossy, neither pubescentorglandular, except a very few glands at the very base: segments 5, ovate, keeled, tapering to a slender point, spreading or somewhat reflexed when in bloom, entire or sometimes more or less divided, glandular, and slightly pubescent on the outer side, densely woolly on the inside. Petals numerous, obovate, rounded at the ends, more or less cupped, becoming flatter by expansion : outer ones broadest, and most perfect, becoming gradually narrower and more imperfect inwards.
This beautiful hybrid Rose was raised from the seed of Rosa indica that had been fertilized by the pollen of Rosa damascena; there is scarcely a more splendid Rose grown, and its abundance of flowers all through the Spring and Summer is scarcely to be equalled, by which it takes most after the female parent, that flowers all the year through.
Our drawing was taken from a fine standard plant last Summer at the Nursery of Messrs. Whitley, Brames, and Milne, where it was, with numerous other hybrid varieties, and others of the same sort, growing luxuriantly and covered with flowers for months; the plants had been budded standard high, which caused their great luxuriance; the best stocks to work them on is Rosa tomentosa, as it is a very free strong growing sort; numerous plants ofitgrow the other side of Putney Heath, on the road to Kingston, by the side of the hedges; and in the hedges, and also in Coombe Wood, where there are numerous other species, with which it might be confused, if particular attention is not paid to its strength.
As we have nearly finished our Florist's Guide, we will try to persuade our esteemed friend, Mrs. Kearse, (late Miss Lawrance) to begin publishing the Roses again, as there are numerous very distinct new varieties and hybrid species that are well worth figuring; and would, on quarto size, make one of the finest works imaginable. Mr. Smith, of Coombe Wood, will have several very distinct and curious hybrids flower this season; amongst the rest, he has a seedling from Rosa odorata ß flavescens, with leaves like the yellow Austrian Rose; this must certainly be fine, and will doubtless be a beautiful yellow Rose.

 

(1832)  Includes photo(s).
 
Lee's Globe White Hip Rose. Rosa villosa var. Leeana.
Stems clothed with glandular setæ, and straight prickles. Leaves producing from 3 to 5 leaflets, which are broadly ovate, rounded at the point, or sometimes acute, rugged, irregularly jagged at the edges, woolly on both sides, and clothed underneath with numerous hairs. Petioles rough, purplish, thickly clothed with rigid glandular hairs. Stipules attached to the base of the petioles, terminating in acute points, also clothed with glandular hairs. Flowers terminal, of a globular form, double, white, tinged with straw-colour in the centre. Peduncles long, thickly clothed with rigid glandular hairs. Calyx also thickly covered with glandular hairs : tube elliptical, attenuated towards the base, and a little at the end. Sepals oblongly ovate, acuminate, some entire, others irregularly pinnated and toothed, the segments generally lanceolate and acute, glandularly hairy. Petals large, broadly rounded, involute at the edges, white, or tinged with cream-colour at the base. Fruit when ripe, large, nearly globular.
This curious Rose, which is a very distinct variety on account of its globular form, was first raised from seed at the Nursery of Mr. Lee, at Hammersmith, where our drawing was made last Summer: it was, without doubt, raised from the seed of R. villosa, with which it agrees in every respect, excepting the segments of the calyx, which are rather more divided than in the usual state of the species; the broad bluntish leaves, and the globular fruit, will not, we believe, suit any other species, from which it could have been produced: it is well worth cultivating, on account of its singularity and distinctness as well as beauty.

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Lee's Carmine Rose. Rosa centifolia var. carminata.
Stem stout, erect, branching: branches thickly clothed with unequal prickles, more or less dilated at the base, nearly straight, but some slightly bent downwards. Leaves bearing from 3 to 7 leaflets : those near the flower one pair, terminated by an odd one : leaflets variable, some blunt, others acute; terminal one cordately ovate: side ones frequently oblique at the base, clothed underneath with soft woolly hairs, glandularly toothed with red glands at the margin. Petioles more or less prickly, glandularly hairy, as is the midrib of the leaf. Stipules connected to the base of the footstalk, fringed with brown pedicelled glands, and terminated in free, lanceolate, acute points. Flowers terminal, varying in number, according to the strength of the plant or branch, generally very double, and handsomely formed. Peduncles, or flower-stalks, glandularly hispid, as is also the tube and segments of the calyx. Tube of the calyx ovate, tape ring to the base : segments more or less divided, their segments variable in shape and size. Petals numerous, imbricately spreading when expanded, the greater part more or less emarginate, becoming gradually narrower inwards.
The present handsome variety of Rose appears to belong truly to R. centifolia, to which the numerous varieties of the Provins Rose belong, the greater part of which are very odoriferous, more so than any other Rose. This variety is of a bright colour, as well as odoriferous, and is therefore a valuable acquisition to the cultivators of Roses.
Our drawing was made from a plant at the Nursery of Mr. Lee, at Hammersmith.

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Lee's Light Blush Rose. Rosa alba var. Leeana.
Stem stout, spreading, much branched: branches spreading or erect, of a pale glaucous green, sometimes slightly tinged with red, thinly clothed with weak, straight, red prickles, or on the larger branches with stronger recurved ones. Leaves producing from two to three pair of leaflets, terminated by an odd one, of a pale green, or slightly glaucescent on the upper side, slightly hairy: underneath hoary, and densely pubescent: leaflets oval, bluntish, but terminated by a short sharp point, sharply serrate, and fringed, terminal one on a long footstalk, the side ones on very short ones. Petioles thickly clothed with pedicelled brown glands, slightly furrowed on the upper side, and rounded below. Stipules attached to the base of the footstalks a long way up, the points free, lanceolate, taper-pointed, fringed with pedicellated glands. Flowers in bunches of three or four, of a pale blush, the outer petals white, darker towards the centre, very double, and handsomely formed. Peduncles glaucescent, clothed with pedicellated glands. Tube of the calyx nearly smooth, or thinly glandular at the base, slightly pubescent, narrow at the base and thickening upwards, so as to form a reversed cone: segments 5, ovate, tapering to a long slender point, entire or producing a few segments on each side, thickly covered with glands on the back and margins, densely woolly on the inside, keeled and pubescent at the back, spreading when in bloom, afterwards reflexed. Petals numerous, in several series; obovate, outer ones very broad, obcordate, white, or tinged with blush, darker towards the centre.

We are informed that the present handsome Rose was first raised by Mr. Lee, of the Hammersmith Nursery; it appears to be a true double variety of R. alba; and being so distinct from most of the other varieties, it deserves to be in general cultivation, particularly as it is so very double, and of an elegant form, producing an abundance of flowers in succession for a considerable time.
Our drawing was taken in June last, from a plant that had been budded standard height, at the Nursery of Messrs. Whitley, Brames, and Milne, at Fulham, where it made a grand appearance, when covered with its large and delicate flowers.
By working the various species and varieties of Roses standard height, is an advantage in one respect, as the stems are clean and free from branches if well managed, so that they can be seen to advantage, as well as being able to pass amongst them, without being in so much danger of being torn by their prickles; but at the same time we lose much of the natural character of the plant, which, in our opinion, may be considered of some importance.
The present, as well as most of the other species of this genus, may be readily increased by layers, or by budding on the stocks of the common hedge Roses, and will thrive well in any rich light soil: some people recommend the R. indica, or common China Rose, as the best stock for budding on, as it is of free growth, and an abundant bloomer, which is considered to have some effect on the sort that may be worked on it.
 

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Orpheus Rose. Rosa gallica var. Orpheusiana.

Stems erect, branching: branches erect, or somewhat spreading, of a bright green, smooth, thinly clothed with straight weak prickles. Leaves generally producing 5 leaflets, or occasionally increased to 7, the two lower ones smallest: leaflets large, elliptically ovate, acute, sometimes slightly acuminate, those on the lower ones bluntish, somewhat rugose, of a bright glossy green on the upper side: underneath paler and clothed with soft hairs, feather-nerved, and reticulately veined, serrated at the margins, the teeth not so sharp as in some varieties. Petioles bearing a prickle here and there, and numerous pedicellated glands also, slightly furrowed on the upper side, and rounded below. Stipules attached to the base of the petioles, extending up some distance, the points free, lanceolate, acute, fringed with pedicellated glands. Flowers terminal, generally from one to three, of a handsome form, and very double, of a dark rosy red. Peduncles thickly covered with pedicellated glands, the side ones bearing bractes. Bractes lanceolate, tapering to a point, keeled, hollow on the upper side. Tube of the Calyx large, short, nearly globular, glandular at the base, but smooth above the middle. Segments 5 or 6, ovate, tapering to a long slender point, either entire or divided, pubescent and glandular on the outside, the inside concave, clothed with a woolly pubescence. Petals numerous, in many circles: broadly obovate or obcordate, attenuated to the base, flat or nearly so, of a fine red purple, becoming darker afterwards: outer ones much the broadest, becoming gradually narrower inwards.
Our drawing of this handsome Rose was made last Summer, from a fine plant in full bloom, at the Nursery of Messrs. Whitley, Brames, and Milne, at Fulham, where we saw several fine plants of it in full flower at the same time, that had been worked on common stocks at standard height: in our opinion it is one of the first rate Roses, and is well deserving a place in every collection: it may be increased by layers, or by budding on the common sorts.

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Russell's Queen Adelaide Rose. Rosa gallica var. regina.
Stems erect, branching: branches erect, or more or less spreading, clothed with irregular straight weak prickles. Leaves producing from 5 to 7 glossy leaflets, the two lower ones rather smallest, those on the peduncles producing only 3, and frequently reduced to one, those are almost reduced to bractes : leaflets ovately lanceolate or elliptic, sharply toothed, more or less deflexed, underneath paler, pinnately nerved, the nerves branched, clothed with soft hairs: terminal one somewhat cordate at the base: side ones smaller and narrower, frequently oblique at the base. Petioles glandularly hispid. Stipules narrow, attached to the base of the petioles, the points free, acute, and spreading, fringed with glandular hairs. Peduncles bracteate, glandularly hairy. Bractes alternate, broadest at the base, tapering to an acute point. Calyx glandularly hispid, viscous : tube ovately globose : segments lanceolate, tapering to the point, more or less lacerate, erect before the flower expands, afterwards spreading. Petals broadly rounded, slightly emarginate at the points; outer ones broadest and most spreading : the inner ones curved inwards.
This pretty little Rose appears to be a regular variety of R. gallica, without any admixture, and to be the nearest related to the Tuscany Rose; but its flowers are more numerous, somewhat smaller, and mixed with more red, and that of a brighter colour; those characters altogether makes it a very desirable plant.
From its dwarfish habit, and stocky growth, it would make a handsome bushy head, if grafted or budded on some of the strongest species of the wild Roses, such as those we have already noticed in a former number; or if grown as a dwarf bush, it would make a fine appearance when in flower, which it is a good part of the Summer. It was raised from seed by Mr. Russell, at the Battersea Nursery, where our drawing was made last Summer.

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 Mr. Smith, of Coombe Wood, will have several very distinct and curious hybrids flower this season; amongst the rest, he has a seedling from Rosa odorata ß flavescens, with leaves like the yellow Austrian Rose; this must certainly be fine, and will doubtless be a beautiful yellow Rose.