(May 1998) Page(s) 96-97. Includes photo(s).
Rosa alba flore pleno ('Double White Rose') Description... petals white... The Double or Semi-double White Rose flourishes in wild places as in vineyards and garden hedgerows, tolerating shade and demanding little care...
(May 1998) Page(s) 16, 17. Includes photo(s).
Page 16: Rosa bracteata ('Bracteate Rose', 'Macartney Rose', 'Rosier de Macartney') Description... Native of China, whence it was brought by Lord Macartney and flowered for the first time in Cels...
Page 17: [Illustration]
(May 1998) Page(s) 158.
R. candolleana flavescens Description... This group of roses has been dedicated to Pyr.-Aug. De Cadolle, Professor of Natural History at Geneva, Director of the Botanical Garden and member of the Academy of Sciences at the same city. Three varieties are described: R. candolleana elegans, R. candolleana Pendula, and R. candolleana flavescens...
(May 1998) Page(s) 158.
R. candolleana pendula Description... larger leaflets, pale pink petals and pendant hips as in R. alpina pendulina... This group of roses has been dedicated to Pyr.-Aug. De Cadolle, Professor of Natural History at Geneva, Director of the Botanical Garden and member of the Academy of Sciences at the same city. Three varieties are described: R. candolleana elegans, R. candolleana Pendula, and R. candolleana flavescens...
(May 1998) Page(s) 158-159. Includes photo(s).
Rosa candolleana elegans ('De Candolle's Rose') Description... white ornamented outside with longitudinal bands or streaks of lively pink... This group of roses has been dedicated to Pyr.-Aug. De Cadolle, Professor of Natural History at Geneva, Director of the Botanical Garden and member of the Academy of Sciences at the same city. Three varieties are described: R. candolleana elegans, R. candolleana Pendula, and R. candolleana flavescens...
(May 1998) Page(s) 164-165. Includes photo(s).
Rosa canina nitens ('Shiny-Leaved Dog Rose') Description... This is very common in waste places and easily distinct from other varieties of R. canina by its glossy foliage... the enigmatic verse referring to the five sepals of a Dog Rose: Five brothers we: two bearded, two beardless, and I have half a beard.
(May 1998) Page(s) 60-61. Includes photo(s).
Rosa carolina corymbosa ('Corymbose Carolina Rose') Description... Flowers faintly scented... petals 5, clear pink, stamens very numerous; stigmas pink... This is cultivated in the Jardin des Plantes, Paris, and is notable for the elegance of its habit and the beauty of its corymbs which appear from late July to September...
(May 1998) Page(s) 56. Includes photo(s).
Rosa centifolia flore simplici ('Single-Flowered Cabbage Rose') Description... 5 petals... The plate is made from the plant in Noisette's nursery, probably the only one in France now, having come to him after the dispersal of Du Pont' collection, where it was raised from seed...
(May 1998) Page(s) 66-67. Includes photo(s).
Rosa muscosa alba ('White Moss Rose') Description... the blooms are white with a very slight pink flush -- never absolutely white. Shailer, the English nurseryman, first distributed this beautiful rose four to five years ago. It is presumed to be a hybrid between Rosa centifolia nivea and the 'Common Moss'... Boursault introduced it to France...
(May 1998) Page(s) 124-125. Includes photo(s).
Rosa centifolia bipinnata ('Celery-leaved Rose') Description... This is less in demand for its bloom than for the singular foliage which is the outcome of a vegetative monstrosity. Du Pont perpetuated it by grafting and made it available 12-15 years ago. The wavy, crisped leaflets resemble those of the gooseberry, whence the garden names Rosa crispa, 'Crinkled Rose', 'Gooseberry-leaved Rose', 'Parsley-leaved Rose' and, most generally, 'Celery-leaved Rose'. The foliage tends to revert continually to the ancestral form, especially in good soil, and it is not rare to find bipinnate and centifolia-type leaves on the same plant, or complete reversion to the latter. Frequent grafting is therefore necessary to preserve it...
