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'Rosa eglanteria Redouté & Thory synonym' rose References
Book  (Nov 1998)  Page(s) 12, 15.  Includes photo(s).
 
Page 12: R. foetida The 'Austrian Briar Rose'. Flowers: large, yellow, stamens...
Page 15: [Photo]
Book  (May 1998)  Page(s) 50-51.  Includes photo(s).
 
[Thory lists this under this name] Rosa eglanteria ('Austrian Briar', 'Yellow Wild Briar', 'Rosier Eglantier') Description... petals 5, of a beautiful pale yellow... This is easily recognised by the foetid scent of the flowers but pleasantly fragrant leaves which smell like apples when bruised...
Book  (1997)  Page(s) 110.  
 
Rosa foetida [Scanniello refers to R. foetida as] the "Typhoid Mary" of the rose world [because it] shows an amazing attraction to black spot...
Book  (1997)  Page(s) 120.  Includes photo(s).
 
Austrian Briar ('Austrian Yellow', R. foetida, R. lutea) Asia, 16th century or earlier. Description... Large, single flowers of rich golden-yellow with prominent stamens...
Book  (1996)  Page(s) 22.  
 
Rosa foetida ('Austrian Briar', 'Austrian Yellow', R. lutea) Wild shrub rose... [the name] 'Austrian Yellow' recalls a stage on its journey from Turkey across Europe in the sixteenth century, though there is reason to believe the Spaniards had it much earlier than that, via Africa...
Book  (1995)  Page(s) 77-78.  
 
R. foetida, and through it the 'Persian Yellow', proved in the climate of the West to be a martyr to black spot which, although known to exist, [had] not been a particular problem for European gardeners. The Persian rose passed on this particular weakness to all its progeny and, as the early Pernet-Ducher roses were crossed by other breeders with practically every rose they could find, in the hope of a winner to match the success of 'Rayon d'Or', black spot was spread far and wide and is now to be found in roses of every hue... many of [R. foetida's] descendants have tended to be not very robust and to suffer from die-back... Since the introduction of 'Rayon d'Or' a multitude of yellow roses has been produced with greater or lesser claims to perfection from their breeders but, until the coming of the floribunda 'Allgold' from the Norfolk breeder Edward Le Grice in 1956, no rose had really overcome all the drawbacks that the use of R. foetida had brought...
Book  (Sep 1993)  Page(s) 133.  Includes photo(s).
Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 506.  
 
R. foetida Hermann Species, medium yellow, ('Austrian Briar'; 'Austrian Brier Rose'; 'Austrian Yellow Rose'; et al) Possibly introduced prior to 1542. Description.
Book  (Feb 1993)  Page(s) 31.  Includes photo(s).
Book  (1993)  Page(s) 64.  Includes photo(s).
 
[Listed under "Wild Roses and Their Cultivars"] ('Austrian Briar', Rosa foetida) England, late 16th century. Origin unknown. Summer flowering. Liable to black spot in dank gardens. Height: 8 ft. The flowers are said to be unpleasantly scented, of bed bugs.
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