(2001)  Page(s) 28, 160.  
 
p. 28: "In the 'Quest for the Rose' (Phillips & Rix) we had read about the Monastery of the 10,000 Camellias (Bai masi), on the lower slopes of a South facing hill. We wanted to know whether the beautiful Chinensis hybrid described and illustrated in " The Quest for the Rose' still existed. It was there indeed; and old gnarled plant growing against the retaining wall of the monastery garden. It produces semi-double dark pink flowers of medium to small size which aging become purple-red, from April - December. It has long slightly serrated leaves;flowers are produced on very this stalks. In the Lijiang Botanical Garden a woman gardener had a few plants of this rose;by paying her five Yuan we obtained some cuttings, which have rooted and from which grew four bushes. Two we gave away, two are in our garden, and have grown to m.1.50-1.80. It is the most floriferous rose we know."

p. 160: Rose of the 10,000 Camellias Monastery
.....our trip to Yunnan, where we got cuttings of these plants. One of the best roses we found in China! An erect evergreen shrub with green branches, m. 1.50 x 1.20, few thorns, dense light green shiny pointed leaves, slightly serrated. Continuous flowering, April to December, of individual 10-12 petals semi-double blooms, opening cyclamen pink, slowly becoming dark crimson. Planted in 2 large vases, their roots have pierced the terracotta bottom, and we had to build a flower bed around them.