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'Fen Zhang Lou' rose References
Newsletter (Feb 2012) Page(s) 9. [From "China in California: Dr. Wang at Quarryhill", by Darrel g.h. Schramm, pp. 8-9] Dr. Wang aside, another Chinese rose we grow in California is ‘Fun Jwan Lo’ (modern spelling: ‘Fen Zhuang Lo’), also designated as ‘Odorata 44426’. According to the Chinese botanist Ma Yan, this old cultivar’s name means “The Women’s Dressing Building,” or, more romantically, “Milady’s Boudoir,” suggestive of “softly rumpled, silky pink blossoms.”
Magazine (2009) Page(s) 17. Vol 31, No. 3. Helga Brichet: ....an expedition in search of horticultural roses in China was led by Dr. Yoshihiro Ueda, who in 2006 gave me cuttings of some of the roses they found. Some of these roses found by Prof. Ueda's[*] expedition, the majority dating to the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) are: ....and 'Fen Zhang Lou'.
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Article (magazine) (2007) Page(s) 404. Table 1. Comparison of key volatile components in representative cultivated Chinese roses and species. [adsorption volume by Solid Phase Microextraction (peak area, x10')] DMMB: 1,3-dimethoxy-5-methylbenzene China 'Fen Zhang Lou' Citronellol 1.57 Nerol 0.80 Beta-phenylethyl alcohol 14.2 Dihydro-beta-ionone 6.01 DMMB 1.11
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