Book  (Nov 1994)  Page(s) 104.  
 
Plate 52. distance photo.

R. hugonis. Central China. With Rosa moyesii this is one of the two famous roses which, being brought from the Far East at the turn of the century, revolutionized the horticultural appraisal of the wild roses. An established plant is nearly thornless, but the bases of the young shoots are often crimson, with bristly hairs and prickles. (Some forms collected in Kansu have large flattened prickles reminiscent of R. sericea. such plants may represent the origin of ‘Hidcote Gold’ and ‘Earldomensis’.) This exquisite species has tiny, smooth leaves, creating a fern-like effect on a shrub some 7 feet high and wide. The flowers are charmingly disposed along the arching wiry twigs, and are of cool butter-yellow, with a hint of primrose; they seldom open fully, remaining in a cupped shape, crinkled and silky. (Plate 52). Surpassed by some of its offspring. It is at its best on its own roots, when it will thrive even on chalky soils. The small maroon-coloured heps are not conspicuous, but the foliage often turns to purplish brown in the autumn. A semi-double hybrid, raised in 1926, was named ‘Dr. E. M. Mills’; its flowers of creamy pale yellow do not open fully, and it is not of much garden value.
Willmott, Plate 279; Botanical Magazine, t.8004. Scarcely recognizable. Bois and Techslin, Plate 4.

Book  (Feb 1993)  Page(s) 33.  Includes photo(s).

Book  (1993)  Page(s) 23.  Includes photo(s).
 
Rosa hugonis. Shrub. Father Hugo’s Rose, Golden Rose of China.
This beautiful yellow shrub rose caused quite a stir in 1899 when it was sent to Britain from Central China by missionary Father Hugh Scallon. Its flowers, borne in spring along arching branches, and the ferny pale green foliage are very pretty. It is not an easy rose to grow, and you are more likely these days to see one of its hybrids such as ‘Cantabrigiensis’, ‘Headleyensis’ or ‘Canary Bird’. spring flowering. Fragrant.

Book  (1993)  Page(s) 65.  Includes photo(s).
 
[Listed under "Wild Roses and Their Cultivars"] ('Father Hugo's Rose', Rosa xanthina, forma hugonis) Flowers: pale yellow. The common wild yellow rose in north-western China, named after Father Hugh Scallan, a missionary, who sent seed to Kew in around 1900. Flowers in early summer. Height: 8 ft. Scented.

Book  (Aug 1990)  Page(s) 42-44.  Includes photo(s).
 
R. hugonis Introduced 1899... Abundant deep yellow flowers on graceful, arching branches... Hardy everywhere in the United States... one of the species roses introduced to the United States through the Arnold Arboretum. It was named for the Reverend Hugh Scallan (Pater Hugo), who discovered it in China in 1899... also know as the Golden Rose of China...

Article (magazine)  (1988)  Page(s) 25.  
 
[Colour description according to the CIELAB colour space (petal inside): L* = Lightness, a* = red-green axis, b* = yellow-blue axis]
Rosa hugonis (yellow), L* 88-89, a* -11, b* 56-62

Article (magazine)  (1988)  Page(s) 67.  
 
R. hugonis and R. banksiae lutea both come from China, belong however to different sections. Both are quite light coloured and owe their colouring to carotenoids. "Father Hugo" has 86 mg% carotenoids, of which 35% have advanced to the stage of the light yellow auroxanthine.

Book  (1988)  Page(s) 156.  
 
location 112/1, R. hugonis Hemsl., 'FATHER HUGO', 'GOLDEN ROSE OF CHINA', 'GOLDRÖSCHEN', PIMPINELLIFOLIAE, central China, 1899, light to medium yellow, single, unpleasant fragrance, medium size, vigorous, upright-arching, 2-2.5 m, branched, medium-dark green small matte foliage, 7-9 leaflets, deep red to black-red medium size glossy flat-rounded fruit, stalks somewhat thickened, upright, persistent sepals

Book  (1988)  Page(s) 16-17.  Includes photo(s).
 
Rosa xanthina f. hugonis (Hemsl.) Roberts (R. hugonis Hemsley) This form of R. xanthina is found in central China, as far south as the Min river in western Sichuan, growing in rather dry valleys. There it makes a bush up to 2.5 m, flowering in early May, and varying in colour from pale to bright yellow. The prickles vary greatly in type and number, consisting of bristles and/or flattened crimson thorns like R. sericea. Thorns of this type are found in the clone 'Hidcote Gold', sometimes considered a hybrid with R. sericea, but said to have been raised from wild seed. It is likely that f. hugonis consists of wild populations intermediate between R. xanthina and R. sericea.

Website/Catalog  (1985)  Page(s) 18.  
 
Rosa Hugonis: eglantine jaune