(6 Jun 1969)  
 
Personal correspondence - Percy Wright, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada [zone 2] to Dr. Mahadeva,

..lots of plants that were hardy to 2 feet or so in previous winters (the snow line) died back to ground level or lower. One of these was Rosa foliolosa that I got from Texas. It is a most interesting rose species, and has been a surviving plant till last winter. I has a fern leaf foliage, unique, and very pretty. The flowers are a rich pink of salmon tone and do not appear until August. This means that they escape the curculio. I'd like to use it in breeding, but would have to put it up to do so, since the pollen is not ready in time. From the looks of the plant, I'd guess that it is extremely drought tolerant.