Website/Catalog  (1923)  Page(s) 51.  
 
Rosa foliolosa (Nutt.) pink.

Book  (1921)  Page(s) 39.  Includes photo(s).
 
From "Our Native Roses" by Chas. E.F. Gersdorff
Rosa foliolosa Low shrub 1½ feet high; stems with rather few slender prickles, sometimes almost unarmed. Leaflets 7 to 9, narrow, oblong, bright green and shining above, downy beneath on midrib, ⅓ to 1 inch long. Flowers solitary or few, pink, and 1½ inches across, pedicels and receptacle smooth or sparingly glandular hairy. Fruit globular. Blooms in May and June. Arkansas and Oklahoma to Texas. A handsome dwarf shrub with graceful foliage.

Book  (1919)  Page(s) 426.  
 
R. FOLIOLOSA, Nuttall.
(Bot. Mag., t. 8513.)
A shrub usually under 3 ft. in height, spreading by means of underground suckers ; stems clustered, erect, either unarmed or with a few straight, slender prickles. Leaflets seven to eleven, narrowly oblong, ¾ to 2 ins. long, smooth and glossy above, downy on the midrib beneath, toothed. Flowers bright pink, 2 to 2½ ins. across, fragrant, usually solitary on short stalks ; sepals ¾ to 1 in. long, bristly outside. Fruit red, bristly, orange-shaped, 1/3 to ½ in. wide, sepals spreading.
Native of the south-western United States, and distinct among American roses by reason of its oblong, rather narrow, forward-pointing leaflets, closely set on a common stalk. It is allied to virginiana, but is altogether smaller.

Magazine  (Sep 1913)  Page(s) tab 8513.  Includes photo(s).
 
Rosa foliolosa.
North America.
ROSA, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook.f. Gen. Plant, vol. i. p. 625.
Rosa (Carolinae) foliolosa, Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. Amer. vol. i. p. 400; S. Wats, in Proc. Amer. Acad. vol. xx. p. 349 ; Gard. & For. 1890, pp. 100, 101, fig. 22; affinis R. nitidae, Willd., ramulis laevibus vel sublaevibus, stipulis et foliolis elougatis et angustis, sepalisque elongatis et minus hispidis differt.
Fruticulus nanus, circiter 0.25-0.5 m. alti. Ramuli laeves vel aculeis paucis rectis gracilibus armati, glabri. Folia sparsa, 5-7 cm. longa, 7-9-foliolata ; rhachis sparse pilosa, foliola breviter petiolulata, lanceolate vel lineari-oblonga, acuta, serrulate, supra glabra, subtus sparse pubescentia, 2.5 cm. longa, 0.6-1.3 cm. lata; stipulae adnatae, lineares vel angustissime oblongae, acutae vel breviter acuminatae, minute glanduloso-ciliatae, 2-2.5 cm. longae. Flores speciosi, coccineo-rosei, 5-5.5 cm. diametro, in ramulorum brevium apicibus pauci vel solitarii, pedunculi 1-1.5 cm. longi, glanduloso-setulosi. Receptaculum globosum, glanduloso-setulosum, 5 mm. longum. Calycis lobi oblongo-lanceolati, longissime acuminati, glanduloso-setulosi, 2-2.5 cm. longi, paten tes vel subreflexi. Petala lata, obcordata. Filamenta glabra, 4-5 mm. longa, antheris aureis. Fructus globosus, glanduloso-setulosus, 8-10 mm. longus. Achaenia stylisque villosa.— R. A. Rolfe.

The Rose here figured, which is one of the most distinct of the American species, has been described as the South-Westeren Prairie Rose owing to its being apparently restricted to the prairie region of Arkansas, northern and central Texas, and the Indian territory. It is well characterised by its very dwarf habit its running rootstocks and its fragrant carmine blossoms. It was originally discovered by Nuttall during his Arkansas visit in 1818-20, but was not published by Torrey & Gray until twenty years later, and after it had been met with in Texas by Berlandier, Drummond and others. The garden history of R. foliolosa is somewhat obscure. It was, according to a manuscript list of the trees and shrubs in cultivation at Kew prepared in 1880 by Sir Joseph Hooker, already in the Kew collection at that date, but as late as 1890 it was deemed a rare plant at Harvard, Massachusetts. The material for our illustration has been obtained from a plant in the garden of Canon Ellacombe at Bitton, where it was in flower as late as the end of August, 1912. As a garden rose R. foliolosa is charming in the bright colouring of its petals and in its dwarf stature.Owing to its habit of spreading by underground suckers it is easily increased by division. In rich deep loam, such as it experiences in the Bitton garden, this species succeeds admirably.

Description. — Shrub of dwarf habit, 1-1 J ft. high; twigs smooth or armed with a few straight slender prickles, glabrous. Leaves scattered, 2-3 in. long; rachis sparingly pilose; leaflets 7-9, shortly petiolulate, lanceolate or linear-oblong, acute, serrulate, glabrous above, sparingly pubescent beneath, 3/4-2 in. long, 1/4-1/2 in. wide, stipules adnate, linear or very narrowly oblong, acute or shortly acuminate, finely glandular-ciliate, 3/4-1 in. long. Flowers showy, cardinal-red, 2-2 1/2 in. across, few or solitary at the tips of short twigs; peduncles 1/3-1/2 in. long, glandular-setulose. Receptacle globose, glandular-setulose, 1/5 in. long. Calyx-lobes oblong-lanceolate, glandular-setulose, f-1 in. long, spreading or somewhat reflexed. Petals broadly obcordate. Filaments glabrous, 1/6-1/5 in. long; anthers golden yellow. Fruit globose, glandular-setulose, over 1/3 in. long. Achenes and styles villous.

Fig. 1, portion of a leaf, showing the base of the leaflets and the free portion of the glandular sbpules; 2 and 3, stamens; 4, achene with style :— all enlarged.

Book  (1912)  Page(s) 46.  Includes photo(s).
 
Rosa foliolosa Nutt.

Magazine  (1910)  Page(s) 122.  
 
Visite au Domaine des Barres. École forestière et Fruticetum de M. Maurice de Vilmorin. 
Les membres de la Société nationale d'acclimatation ont fait le 21 juin 1909 un très intéressante excursion au domaine des Barres...
Rosiers intéressantes (R. foliolosa, R. hybride de rugosa et duc d'Édimbourg, R. polyantha double, R. macrophylla, etc.)

Book  (1906)  Page(s) 39-40.  Includes photo(s).
 
[In Exhibit of Rosa foliolosa by Maurice de Vilmorin, Paris] Rosa foliolosa of Nuttall is a wild species in Arkansas, Texas, etc., and has been too much neglected by horticulturists. It present very distinct features-- a small size, very thin wood, very elegant little foliage, with numerous and glossy leaflets. It is very late flowering and continues to bloom all through the autumn, showing bright rosy-white flowers, bearing at the the same time both green and red fruits with fine fimbriated persistent sepals. The defect of its sending out so many suckers may be correct by budding...But it is chiefly for hybridizing purposed the Rosa foliolosa ought to be interesting. Crossed with some dark-coloured variety of it would probably give some very good results. I successfully tried its hybridisation with the red Rosa rugosa, and the result is a buh some three feet high, broadly pyramidal, with plenty of blossoms of a light yellowish-pink, produced from July to the frosts...

Book  (1902)  Page(s) 40.  
 
605. Rosa foliolosa, Nuttall (1840) Donateur, Späth, Berln. Hab.: Amérique du Nord (Arkansas, Indian Territory, Texas).

Magazine  (1897)  Page(s) 168.  
 
Nous profiterons de cet articles pour mentionner un autre rosier botanique, également intéressant, vivant dans les collections de M. H. de Vilmorin, et sans doute plus rare encore que le précédent, car il n'est décrit dans aucun ouvrage horticole de notre connaissance. C'est le Rosa foliolosa, Nutt, originaire de l'Amérique du Nord. Il forme un petit arbuste à rameaux gréles, ne portant qu'une seule épine aciculaire sous chaque feuille; celles-ci ont 7 à 9 folioles allongeés, étroites, fortement dentées, et les fleurs sont solitaires, terminales blanches, à ovaire et sépales fortement chargées de sétules glanduleux au sommet...Le fruit est gros, globuleux et fortement chargé de sétules. Mais la plante est encore trop jeune et faible pour que nous puissions en parler avec plus de précision; nous y reviendrons du reste, ultérieurement s'il y a lieu.
[Loosely translated:]
We will use this article to mention another botanical rose, equally interesting, living in the collections of M. H. Vilmorin, and probably even rarer than than the preceding [R. sericea], because it is not documented in a single horticultural work to our knowledge. This is the Rosa foliolosa, Nutt., a native of North America. It forms a small shrub with slender branches, bearing a single needle-like spine under each leaf; they have 7-9 elongated, narrow, sharply toothed leaflets, and the flowers are solitary, terminal, white ... The fruit is large, globular... But the plant is still too young and weak for us to speak with more precision; we will revisit it as appropriate hereafter.

Article (magazine)  (1897)  Page(s) 149.  
 
R. foliosa Nutt.

a. Feuille. — Poils simples nuls. Poils glandulifères très rares sur la face inférieure de la nervure médiane et sur le pétiolule. Épidermes recticurvilignes, le supérieur d'une épaisseur de 24 μ, à cellules petites; l'inférieur d'une épaisseur de 15-16 μ à cellules moyennes ou petites. Stomates d'une longueur de 26 μ, plus grands ou plus petits que les cellules environnantes. Mésophylle bifacial, d'une épaisseur moyenne de 93 μ, composé de 6 assises, les deux supérieures transformées en palissades remplissant 1 /2 de l'épaisseur totale. Parenchyme spongieux non lacuneux, à cellules petites, isodiamétriques et disposées en assises horizontales régulières. Faisceaux libéro-ligneux des nervures et du pétiolule dépourvus de fibres péridesmiques ; le pétiolule seul peut en posséder quelques-unes.

b. Tige. — Cuticule très épaisse. Parenchyme cortical (15-16 assises) identique à celui de R. carolina. Moelle à cellules moyennes ou petites.