Book  (1934)  Page(s) 346.  
 
Xanthina (species).- Lemon yellow; vigorous; bush; hedge; prune lightly; very lasting.

Book  (1933)  Page(s) 65.  
 
R. xanthina - North China. Sometimes called the double hugonis. Foliage much alike, but the flower is double and deeper yellow. A handsome shrub. Begins to bloom when hugonis passes.

Book  (1933)  Page(s) 65.  
 
R. xanthina - North China. Sometimes called the double hugonis. Foliage much alike, but the flower is double and deeper yellow. A handsome shrub. Begins to bloom when hugonis passes.

Book  (1933)  Page(s) 65.  
 
R. Xanthina - North China. Sometimes called the double hugonis. Foliage much alike, but the flower is double and deeper yellow. A handsome shrub. Begins to bloom when hugonis passes.

Magazine  (1932)  Page(s) 70.  
 
Two new yellow Roses of similar hue are Agnes, a rugosa hybrid originating in Canada, and Rosa xanhina, which resembles more or less a double hugonis.

Website/Catalog  (1929)  Page(s) 20.  
 
Double Hugunis . — Fleurs jaunes très doubles.

Website/Catalog  (1924)  Page(s) 32.  
 
Xanthina.- Fl. grande, jaune foncé; très nombreuses.

[listed as 'Double Hugonis' from 1929 onwwards]

Website/Catalog  (1923)  Page(s) 55.  
 
Rosa Xanthina (Lindley, 1820). Light golden yellow. Native of Asia.

Magazine  (Jul 1919)  Page(s) 104.  
 
Association horticole lyonnaise Procès-verbal de l’Assemblée générale du DIMANCHE 18 MAI 1919...
— M. F. Morel, pépiniériste à Lyon-Vaise, fait présenter par son chef de culture une collection de tiges coupées fleuries des arbres et arbustes suivants :....
Rosa Xanthina. — Très curieux Rosier, peu connu, originaire de la Perse, formant un gros buisson pouvant atteindre deux ou trois mètres de hauteur, ayant résisté sans la moindre atteinte aux hivers rigoureux. En mai, nombreuses fleurs simples, jaune foncé brillant. Ce Rosier ne fleurissant qu’une fois au printemps sur le bois de l’année précédente ne devra en aucun cas être taillé avant sa floraison terminée.

Book  (1916)  Page(s) 342.  
 
Rosa xanthina Lindley
This species was based by Lindley on a Chinese drawing of a double flowered yellow rose. This double Rose seems to have remained practically unknown until it was sent to Washington from Peking by Frank N. Meyer in 1907. At the Arnold Arboretum it flowered for the first time in 1915.

Rosa xanthina f. normalis Rehder & Wilson
We think Franchet is right in considering this the wild form of Rosa xanthina Lindley....this Rose is commonly cultivated in Peking gardens.