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Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society 27: 482-492 (1902/3)
SOME WILD ASIATIC ROSES
Maurice L. de Vilmorin, F.R.H.S.
The introduction of the Musk Rose (Rosa moschata) into the gardens of France is said to date from the last years of the sixteenth century, and this well-known Rose has been naturalised in the countries that encircle the Mediterranean Sea. But the type that is most familiar to us comes from India and Persia. The varieties I have raised from Chinese seeds are, in my judgment, superior to that type. The shoots are somewhat shorter, more numerous, curved, and bear an abundant and rich foliage more rounded, consistent and glossy, than in the Indian plant. The flowers are somewhat larger and more substantial, and the dark tint of the foliage makes them appear of purer white. This variety is as hardy as the Indian type, possibly hardier, and will succeed in sunny positions in the South of England. It blooms and seeds after three or four years. (Fig. 134.)

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