Nos de Rosarum catalogo parum soliciti sumus, quamdiu species distinguere non novimus, omnes enim quae in hortis extant plenae & monstrosae sunt; nec species determinatae in Rosis ab ullo sunt, nec possunt ab alio, quam qui in locis natalibus examinet, describi. Descriptiones datae sunt varietatum, non specierum notae. Variant dein fructu non minus quam Pyra vel Poma.

We are a little anxious about the catalog of roses, so long as we do not know how to distinguish the species, for all that exist in gardens are full and monstrous; neither are the species determined in the Roses by any one, nor can they be described by any other than he who examines them in their native places. Descriptions are given of varieties, not specific species. Then they vary in fruit no less than pears or apples.