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'Scarlet Four Seasons' Rose' References
Book  (1988)  Page(s) 54.  Includes photo(s).
Book  (1988)  Page(s) 17, 18.  Includes photo(s).
 
Beales has a suspicion, supported by some threads of evidence, that the Gallicas have played a larger part through the Portlands than they have ever received credit for... The Portlands influenced the development of our modern varieties. 'The Portland Rose', also known today as 'Duchess of Portland', emerged at the end of the eighteenth century in Italy and flowered for a much longer period each summer than had hitherto been dreamed of...
Website/Catalog  (1986)  Page(s) 17.  
 

Duchesse of Portland.  (Portland). ‘The Portland Rose’.  A fantastic sight when in full bloom, this rose is clear pink to red, single, with conspicuous anthers.  Needs deheading to avoid unsightly dead heads which are reluctant to drop in British climate. 1800. P. G. Shade tolerant. (S) 4 x 3’.

Book  (Dec 1985)  Page(s) 191, 192.  Includes photo(s).
 
Portland Rose, R. portlandica, R. paestana. Italy c 1790. Parentage obscure, said to be 'Quatre Saisons' x 'Slater's Crimson China'. Ancient origin. Important as the progenitor of its race. Description... single to semi-double flowers, cerise-red with pronounced golden stamens. Scented.
Book  (Dec 1985)  Page(s) 30, 31.  Includes photo(s).
 
('The Portland Rose') Named for the lady who was reputed to have brought it to England from Italy, where it was said to have originated from a man-induced, or more probably, a chance cross between a Damask x Gallica seedling and an unknown China rose, probably 'Slater's Crimson', a mating which is thought to have established, at least in part, the invaluable remontancy habit of many of our present day roses. [Footnote, same page: according to a biographer, the rose was named after the 2nd Duchess of Portland (1715-85), a keen rosarian who never left England in her lifetime. The rose was listed in an old nursery catalogue of 1782 and appeared in France three years later. This must cast doubt on Italy as its country of origin.
Beales doesn't think the China rose is one of its ancestors although the Damask (in the form of R. x damascena bifera 'Quatre Saisons' from which it inherits its remontancy) and the Gallica (in the form of R. gallica 'Officinalis' from which it inherits its tidy, compact habit) were.
Website/Catalog  (1985)  Page(s) 37.  
 
Portland Rose.....clear pink col. red.
Website/Catalog  (1982)  Page(s) 30.  
 
Portland Rose A fantastic sight when in full bloom, this rose is vivid red, single, with conspicuous anthers. Needs deheading to avoid unsightly dead heads which are reluctant to drop in British climate. 1800.  G. Shade tolerant. (S) 4 x 3’.
Book  (1978)  Page(s) 184.  
Website/Catalog  (1976)  Page(s) 22.  
 
ROSA PORTLAND (Rosier Type). Fleurs rouge foncé velouté avec nombreuses étamines jaune d'or. O[dorante].
Book  (1971)  Page(s) 86.  
 
....original Portland rose whose history is chequered and somewhat obscure. It is known to have been in Dupont's nursery in Paris in 1809, and that Dupont obtained it from England and named it after the Duchess of Portland, who probably found it or obtained it from Italy early in the century. In England it was known as the Rosa Paestana or 'Scarlet Four Seasons', and was said to have been brought from Italy from the neighbourhood of classic Paestum. The Portland Rose was a bright red verging on scarlet, and if treated well and pruned in a certain way it flowered twice a year, in summer and autumn. It was generally regarded as a cross between the French rose and the Autumn Damask. Judging from Redouté's accurate figure of 1817 it is evidently a China-Damask-French hybrid which may well have originated in Italy, where, owing to the favourable climate, the China Roses had been largely cultivated in the open ever since their introduction about 1798. From the colour and dwarf habit of the Portland it may be presumed that the China parent concerned was Slater's Crimson China.
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