(1988)  Page(s) 10.  
 
R. gallica officinalis From the thirteenth century this rose was grown extensively in Provins, south-east of Paris... According to Thomas Rivers, a Victorian rosarian, this rose was widely grown in Surrey for use by London druggists and he also quoted, in his The Rose Amateur's Guide (1837-77), a French source on its historic association: Somewhere about the year 1277 the son of the King of England [Edmund Earl of Lancaster], who had taken the title of Comte of Champagne, was sent by the King of France to Provins with troops to avenge the murder of the mayor of that city... on his return to England he took for his device the red rose of Provins ... (Opoix, L'Ancien Provins).

(1988)  Page(s) 128.  
 
Echo One of [Dr. Pal's] favourite roses for pot growth... a Polyantha form of 'Tausenschön', covered with pink and white blooms, a rose not available in England today [1988], although it was in the 1939-40 Bentall catalogue...

(1988)  Page(s) 19, 20.  Includes photo(s).
 
Page 19: [Photo] Sweet Briar (R. eglanteria) long grown in gardens for fragrance, was widely used by settlers in America as protective hedges and screens.
Page 20: Eglantine It grew very rapidly, lived long, was easily propagated from an abundance of seedlings and proved aesthetically pleasing with its fragrant foliage, all the stronger when freshly clipped...From visits to Massachusetts in 1638 and 1664, John Josselyn compiled a herbal and account of the natural history, both indigenous and imported, and mentioned roses in New England Rarities Discovered (1672). On R. carolina (of which there are many forms native to eastern and central North America) he said, 'Wild Damask Rose, single, but very large and sweet'... [also] the 'Sweet Bryer or Eglantine.' For practical purposes this rose was extensively used in new settlements as boundary hedging and to enclose gardens...

(1988)  Page(s) 30.  Includes photo(s).

(1988)  Page(s) 137.  
 
Freia a chance seedling of R. moyesii... growing in the rose garden at Lime Kiln...

(1988)  Page(s) 48.  
 
General Schablikine Tea, coppery-pink, continuously blooming near the entrance of the Mottisfont Rose Garden.

(1988)  Page(s) 51.  
 
Gloire de Dijon Tea... one of the best-loved climbers since its introduction in 1853... resulted from a cross between a Tea Rose and 'Souvenir de la Malmaison'... In England, it is known as 'Old Glory' and was said to adorn practically every porch in the Isle of Wight.

(1988)  Page(s) 52.  
 
Gloria Mundi Polyantha... orange-scarlet

(1988)  Page(s) 130.  
 
Small Maiden's Blush the smaller variety [of 'Great Maiden's Blush' was] discovered as a sport at the end of the eighteenth century.

(1988)  Page(s) 125.  
 
Dr. Pal considers roses most suitable for perfume today [1988] are 'Bussora' and 'Rose Edouard', while 'Gruss an Teplitz', a crimson rose of China derivation, has been used for experimental purposes.