Article (newsletter)  (Nov 2017)  Page(s) 16.  
 
In dense growth of shrubbery and woodlands, along roadsides, on Mt. Omei, and on the banks of the Yangtze, Wilson in each of his Chinese expeditions to the Hupeh and eastern Sichuan provinces witnessed the common R. rubus. Though Augustine Henry had discovered it first in 1886, that of Wilson tended to vary in form. A climber from eight to 25 feet, it produces “densely hairy shoots and leaves,” fragrant white flowers, and dark scarlet hips. Called by some the “Blackberry Rose,” it is a kind of musk (R. moschata). R. mulliganii seems also closely related.

Booklet  (2009)  Page(s) 28.  
 
Diploid....R. rubus, heterozygous loci 55% [Provenance: Quarry Hill Botanical Garden, Glen Ellen, CA, 1992.071 Sichuan province]
R. rubus, heterozygous loci 43% [Provenance: China]

Article (magazine)  (2008)  Page(s) 66.  
 
Table 3.
R. rubus Lév. & Van. Assigned DNA ploidy=3 Previously published ploidy=2

Book  (1988)  Page(s) 170.  
 
location 127/1, R. rubus Lévl. et Vaniot, SYNSTYLAE, central and western China, 1907, white, single, good fragrance, small, clusters, short-low spreading, 5-6 m, branched, not hardy, many prickles, dark green large glossy foliage, 5 leaflets, red rounded small hips

Magazine  (1940)  Page(s) 111.  
 
"Notes on Rosa and Prunus" by Frankin P. Metcalf
Rosa Henryi Boulenger var. puberula (Handel-Mazzetti), var. nov.
Rosa Gentiliana Rehder & Wilson (non Lévl. & Van.) forma puberula Hand.-Mazz. Symb. Sin. 7: 525 (1933).
Differt praesertim foliolis et rachibus subtus puberulis.
Characterized primarily by the puberulent leaflets beneath and puberulent rachis.
KWANGSI: Pinghsiang, Wang-Te-Hui 149 (Arnold Arboretum and Hand.-Mazz. 1.c.).

Book  (1937)  Page(s) 77.  
 
rubus Lév. & Van. (moschata-family) [ploidy] 14

Book  (1934)  Page(s) 127.  
 
M. Eleanour Sinclair Rohde, Reigate.  The Old Roses. 
One of the most beautiful of the Musk Roses is R. Rubus which the late Mr. R. Farrer describes so enthusiastically as the "snowdrift Rose" in his book, The Eaves of the World.
 

Book  (1930)  
 
Rosa rubus Lev. and Van.
"A most glorious bush akin to R. multiflora making shoots 12 feet long in a season, which are set all along next year with huge loose clusters of pure white blossom (the buds nankeen yellow) of such a fragrance that all the air is drunk with its sweetness. Nor are the bloomy orange fruit less attractive. Keep seed-boxes exposed to full frost till March: then gentle heat. The wood will want ripening, evidently, in fullest sun. It is confined to one or two village hedgerows, and is not native, I think, about here. 5-6,500 feet." F. 291. 

A fine ramping Rose, which revels on any small tree, so good in cultivation that it should be better known, as it has no objection to soil or situation so long as it gets sun. It is very variable, with white flowers tinged with apricot or pink, while in some seedlings they are semi-double. While it is sweetly fragrant, the scent is only noticeable after midday. It has also been introduced by Wilson.