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'Bai Yu Tang' ("White Jade Hall") The flowers are double, with petals of pure white, and their diameter is the smallest of all of the roses in the R. multiflora var. cathayensis group. Other characteristics are similar to R. multiflora. It is very cold hardy, and thus is commonly used for rootstocks in northern China, especially Beijing.
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'Da Hua Yue Yue Hong' ("Monthly red China with large flowers") This rose was collected in Sichuan. The petal color is crimson or bright pink like some hibiscus, and the flowers, which are 4 inches (10 centimeters) in diameter, and leaves are larger than those of 'Xiao Ye Yue Yue Hong' ("Small-leaved monthly red China"). The strong, smaller stems lack glandular hairs.
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R. multiflora var. cathayensis group......'Nong Xiang Fen Tuan' ("Pink cluster with strong fragrance") The fragrant, double flowers are smaller and of a lighter pink than the others in the group. It was collected in Nanjing.
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'Qi Zi Mei' ('Seven Sisters') The double flowers have pink petals and bloom in multiple clusters. It is named 'Qi Zi Mei' because of the flower sprays with their seven stems of equal length. The rose appeared in paintings before the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368 AF).
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In Shen Nong's Herbal, written during the Eastern Han Dynasty (206 B.C. to 220 A.D.), R. multiflora var. cathayensis was named "Qiang Mi" (in Chinese, a vine-like rose that is good for growing on walls). The 'Bai Ye' rose ("Rose with a hundred petals") described by Li Deyu, one of the prime ministers of the Tang Dynasty, in Records of Flowers and Plants in Pin Quan Shan is the R. multiflora var. cathayensis found growing in Shaoixing, Zhejiang today. Rosa multiflora var. cathayensis has many forms, which developed through more than 2,000 years of cultivation.
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R. multiflora var. cathayensis group.....'Rou Man Fen Tuan' ("Pink cluster with downy leaf undersides") The double flowers are dark pink, The backs of the leaves of this form are densely covered with downy hairs, and the leaves have jagged tips with brownd glands. The styles are fused at the bottom to form a bundle, but the tip (apex) is sometimes separated. It was collected in Lijiang, Yunnan.
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'Teng Ben Yue Yue Hong' ("Climbing monthly red China") This repeat-bloomer was collected in Mianzhu, Sichuan. Its small leaces are similar to those of 'Xiao Ye Yue Yue Hong' ("Small-leaved monthly red China"). The small flowers, 2 to 3 inches (5 to 8 centimeters) in diameter, have pink petals irregularly marked with white at the base. The flower stem is slightly shorter and lacks glandular hairs.
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R. multiflora var. cathayensis group.....'Xian E Fen Tuan' ("Pink cluster with glandular-haired sepals") The double flowers are pink, and the flower stems are shorter than those of R. multiflora var. catahayensis. The flower sepals have glandular hairs with brownish tips.
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'Xian Geng Yue Yue Hong' ("Monthly red whose peduncles have glandular hairs") Collected in Yunnan, this rose has petals that are purplish-red, and its stems have glandular hairs that are bulbous-tipped and sticky. The calyx is shorter than that of some of the other roses in the Chinensis group, and is not lobed.
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'Xiao Ye Yue Yue Hong' ("Small-leaved monthly red China") was collected in Nanjing. It has erect stems and small leaves. The semi-double flowers have petals that are poinsettia-red and white at the base. The rose, which is almost evergreen, is similar to R. chinensis var. semperflorens except that the stems lack glandular hairs.
