(1914)  Page(s) 367.  
 
The wonderful Rose commonly known as Fortune's Double Yellow is R. chinensis pseudo-indica. It was found by Robert Fortune when he was travelling in China for the Horticultural Society of London in 1842-1846. He thus describes his first sight of Rose in a Mandarin's garden: 'On entering one of the gardens on a fine morning in May I was struck by a mass of yellow flowers which completely covered a distant part of the wall; the colour was not a common yellow but has something of buff in it which gave the flower a striking and uncommon appearance. I immediately ran up to the place and to my surprise and delight found that I had discovered a most beautiful new yellow climbing Rose.'
He expressed a hope that it might prove hardy in England, as it came from Northern China. A superb picture of this wonderful flower is in 'The Genus Rose.' Except in the most favoured parts of our islands it is scarcely a plant for the open, but it one of the best of Roses for cold-house treatment.

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R. spinosissima myriacantha, named the Rose of a Thousand Thorns, a native of Spain and Southern France, is densely set with prickles, as the specific name implies.

(1914)  Page(s) 370.  
 
Rosa virginiana, a North American species, extending from Newfoundland to Pennsylvania, is more commonly known in gardens as R. lucida. It is an extremely useful bush for wild planting, spreading by suckers. It is best in slight shade, as the pretty, faintly scented pink bloom is apt to burn and shrivel in hot sunshine. The abundant clusters of scarlet fruit are handsome in autumn, when much of the foliage assumes a fine colouring of red and orange. The double form of R. virginiana, the Rose d'Amour of old gardens, known in England since 1768, is one of the most charming of small Roses.

(1914)  Page(s) 366.  
 
There are not many Roses that are distinctly unbeautiful, but this may certainly be said of R. Watsoni, a curious plant from Japan. It has small, mean colourless flowers in rather shapeless trusses that have the appearances of being stunted or blighted; the leaves are twisted and attenuated, and their set and action have an aimless character; they also look as if some enemy has been at work upon them or as if they had been passed through boiling water.

(1914)  Page(s) 370.  
 
The double form of R. virginiana, the Rose d'Amour of old gardens, known in England since 1768, is one of the most charming of small Roses.