(1936)  Page(s) 92.  
 
Cristata S. (see Plate 20). Large rose, exactly the shape of the old Cabbage Rose, very sweet. Pedicel and hip glandular, not mossy. Calyx glanded, fringed dense moss in tufts which give it its name. Large leaves upfolded, tips red. Downy below. Petiole with an upstanding line of glands above. Wood slightly red, many dark glands, a few large straight thorns. An interesting sport of the old Cabbage Rose, the curious sepals have given it in France the name of Chapeau de Napoleon after the famous three-cornered hat. It is not a true Moss, as the crest is limited to the margin of the calyx, and is an exaggerated development of the sepal margins.

(1936)  Page(s) 95.  
 
De Bordeaux (R. centifolia minor). Flower rose pink, darker in centre, much cupped, in bunches from four to six, almost as large as the old Cabbage. Pedicel and hip smooth. Calyx long, narrow, glanded, tips beyond bud. Leaves small for size of flower, bright green, paler and downy below. Wood pale red, very short straight thorns. This is a dwarf but not a miniature Rose, as Redoute, whose description I quote, says, its first flowers are often almost as large as the old Cabbage Rose. It makes suckers freely and these must be removed annually or flowers will decrease in size. There were many forms of this known in Redoute's day, White, Foliacee, Kingston, Mossy, Early, Des Princes and Rose fonce. I have not yet been able to find any of these, but hope that inclusion here may perhaps bring some to light. It is figured by Redoute and had as synonym 'Gros pompom de Bordeaux, Pompom a grands fleurs, a centifeuilles nain'.

(1936)  Page(s) 147.  
 
'De la Grifferie' Vibert, 1845 (?) Deep rose, lighter in centre and reverse of petals lighter. Few anthers, long pistils smooth. Faint damask scent. Pedicel slightly glanded, hip smooth. Calyx equal bud, edged glands, wings four, edged glands. Leaves large, edges red, resembling Centifolia, stipules fringed as Multiflora, very downy below. Wood red, large red curved thorns.
This is a puzzling Rose, and leaves Centifolia, flowers Gallica, stipules Multiflora and the scent Damask. I place it under Multiflora as do my predecessors, but with many reservations. It is used as a stock for climbers, and is thus often found in neglected gardens and brought forth as one of the oldest of Roses. Its attribution to Vibert by Jouin is, I fancy, doubtful.

(1936)  Page(s) 118.  Includes photo(s).
 
De Meaux (Centifolia). Flowers 1 in., very double, cupped, outer petals curving inwards, stamens absent. Calyx 1 in., slender, extends beyond flowers, winged central rib marked. Leaves oval, smooth, abnormally downy below, gland edged, doubly serrate. Few small thorns in mid-rib. Stipules broad, upfolded, edged red glands. Wood tinged red, after green; a few slender straight thorns, 3/16 in. This makes a bush 18 in. to 3 ft. according to soil. Prune back after flowering to get fresh wood each year.

(1936)  Page(s) 127.  
 
Deuil de Paul Fontaine. Very large, double, deep crimson, not at all blue, cupped. Pedicel and hip very mossy. Wood with numerous stout thorns. Raised by M. Fontaine at Clamart, Paris, and illustrated in the Journal des Roses, 1882, p. 126.
It is evident that the purplish blue rose to which this name has been attached in England is not the true variety: the illustration quoted shows a large deep red flower very like Mme [William?] Paul. I think the English pretender is Violacee, q.v.

(1936)  Page(s) 106.  
 
The Evergreen Roses. I hope that the few notes as to lost or forgotten varieties may lead to their rediscovery and re-introduction in our gardens. Dona Maria Double small, pure white.

(1936)  Page(s) 147.  
 
Double Cinnamon Rose. This is a double form of R. Cinnamonea , a wild rose, extending across Northern Europe and Asia to Japan. It is not, therefore, remarkable that it is one of the oldest of our garden Roses, having been grown by Gerard in his Holborn garden in 1597. He writes, 'the flowers be exceeding double, and yellow in the middle, of a pale red colour, sometimes of a carnation'. 'The flowers have little or no savour at all.' In France it has had many names, the Latin Rosa Majalis, the rose of May - being used by the earliest writers. It was also known as Rose de Paques (a late Easter) and Rose du Saint Sacrement. Like its single parent it is distinguished by its wide stipules and the thorns in pairs under each leaf. The flower stem and hip are smooth. Flowers are a pale rose pink, two inches over and very double, as Gerard said, thirty-five to forty-five small petals irregularly twisted. The origin of the name has caused some discussion, some few have detected an odour of cinnamon in the flower, most have not. The ripened shoots are of a cinnamon brown, which may, perhaps, explain the name. There is a good figure in Miss Willmott's Rosa and also in Redoute.

(1936)  Page(s) 86.  
 
Double Crimson Small semi-double, petals deep rich crimson without marbling, backs lighter. Smaller petals in centre. Late. This I have not seen, but crimson sounds, a little surprising in this group.

(1936)  Page(s) 86.  
 
Double Crimson Marbled. Very small, marbled with lake and white, backs purplish. Flowers late.

(1936)  Page(s) 86.  
 
Double Dark Marbled. Small, semi-double, opening well, deep purple lake mottling on pale ground, claws conspicuously yellow. Mid season. Also known as Double Velvet and Petite Red Scotch.