Book  (1953)  Page(s) 67.  
 
Woolley Dods - 35

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 149.  Includes photo(s).
 
Villosa. Woolley Dod's variety. This lovely variety should be in every garden. It is the only garden form of this species, in general habit very close to the Albas.

Magazine  (1 Jun 1892)  Page(s) tab 7241.  Includes photo(s).
 
ROSA pomifera
Native of Europe.
Nat. Ord. Rosaceae. Tribe Roseae.
Genus Rosa, Linn. (Benth. & Hook.f. Gen. PI. vol. i. p. 625.)
ROSA ( ViIIosae) pomifera ; frutex erectus, ramis arcuatis, aculeis sparsis rectis aequalibus gracilibus, foliolis subduplo longioribus quam latis copiose duplicato-serratis tenuiter griseo-pubescentibus infra inconspicue glandulosis, floribus solitariis paucisve, pedunculis brevibus dense aciculatis sepalis adscendentibus dorso dense glandulosis persistentibus majoribus saepius copiose pinnatis, fructibus globosis v. pyriformibus praecorcibus disco nullo.
R. pomifera, Hermm. Diss. Bos. p. 171 ; Gmel. Fl. Bad. Als. vol. ii. p 410 ; Lange in Fl. Ban. vol. xvii. p. 8, t. 2907 ; Koch Syn. Fl. Germ. Ed. 2, p. 253 ; Dumort. Ros. p. 48 ; Desegl. Monogr. Bos. p. 129 ; Fries Novit. Fl. Suec. vol. ii. p. 150 ; Mant. vol. iii. p. 39 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient. vol. ii. p. 681 ; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. vol. xi. p . 210 ; Gard. Chron. 1886 vol. i. p. 237, fig. 45.
R. villosa, Linn. Sp. PI. p. 491, pro maxim, part. Ed. ii. p. 704; Swartz in Palmstr. Svensk Bot. vol. v. t. 313.
R. villosa, Var. pomifera, Desv. Journ. Bot. vol. ii. p. 117; Redouté Ros. vol. i. p. 1 , t. 67, vol. ii. p. 40 ; Hartm. Handb. Skand. Fl. p. 274 ; Lindl. Ros. Monogr. p. 74 ; Smith Engl. Bot. t. 583, descript. non lc. (quod R. Sabini.)
R. villosa var. α pomifera, Linn. Fl. Suec. Ed. ii ; Huds. Fl. Angl. Ed. 2 p. 219 ; DC. Prodr. vol. ii. p. 628.
R. sylvestris pomifera, Dalech. Hist. Plant. p. 127; Lobel. Stirp. lc. vol. ii. p. 211 ; Parkins. Theatr. Bot. p. 1021 ; Ray Cat. PI. Angl. Ed. 1, p. 266.
R. sylvestris pomifera major, Bauh. Pinax, p. 484.
R. ciliatopetala, Bess. En. PI. Volhhyn, p. 66 ; Reichb. Fl. Germ. Excurs. vol. ii. p. 616 (non Koch).
R. resinosa, Sternb. in Reich. Fl. Germ. Excurs. vol. ii. p. 616 (non Desegl).
Great Apple Rose, Parkins. Paradis. p. 418.

Opinions are divided as to whether this fine Rose should be regarded as a variety of R. villosa, or the type to which villosa is referable, either as a synonym or as a variety with smaller fruit. I have followed the best authorities, amongst whom must be classed Koch, Boissier, Fries (in the Novitiae) and Baker, in taking Hermann's name, as the oldest, and of which Fries says that it is also the most significant. On the other hand it has been doubted whether the large fruited state, to which alone the name " Great Apple Rose " applies, occurs anywhere truly wild, it having been cultivated for so long a period for the size and fleshiness of its hips, in which respect it surpasses all other Roses. It has even been supposed to be indigenous in the north of England, but upon very questionable authority ; and of the Scandinavian habitats none, perhaps, are above suspicion, though Fries (Mantiss iii. 39) considers it to be undoubtedly spontaneous in the Alpine Valley of Romsdalen, Norway. Ray, who clearly refers to it in describing its fruit as of the size and form of a small pear beset with spines, gives the northern parts of York and Westmoreland as localities, but as Mr. Baker observes, he doubtless did not distinguish R. mollissima and tomentosa as distinct from it. In a broad sense, as R. villosa, it inhabits the whole of Europe.
As cultivated at Kew the fruits are not so large or prickly as they are in the beautiful specimen figured, which was sent by Mr. Burbidge, M.A. (Curator of the Botanical Gardens, Trinity College, Dublin), from Mr. Walpole's garden, Mount Usher, co. Wicklow, with the information that it was found in an old garden site in the Devil's Glen, co. Wicklow, some years ago, and that it there forms very handsome glaucous leaved bushes with a sweet-briar like scent. — J. D. H.

Fig. 1, Fragment of margin of leaf ; 2, ditto of petal ; 3, ovary ; 4, achene : — all enlarged.

Book  (1829)  Page(s) 137.  
 
R. Villosa ...
587. Rosier Pommifère à Fleur double - Rosier velu à Fleur double. Pédoncules hispides-glanduleux, parsemés d'aiguillons. Fleur moyenne , rose clair ou pâle , semi-double , double ou multiple (6 à 15 pétales ).

Website/Catalog  (1826)  Page(s) 69.  
 
ROSA villosa.
semiplena.

Book  (1826)  Page(s) 514.  
 
R. villosa. A fleurs semi-doubles, semi-plena; fruit oblong et moins hispide.

Book  (1824)  
 
Rosa villosa à fleurs semi-doubles. Pép. Noisette. Fruits oblongs, moins gros que dans le précédent [R.villosa].

Book  (1823)  Page(s) Vol. I, p. 109.  
 
ROSA villosa semiplena.

Distinguitur caule altissimo, arbóreo, aculeis raris, sparsis, rectis, petiolis tomentosis, aculeatis, foliolis magnis,  rigidis utrinque villosis, ellipticis, duplicato-serratis , stipulisque glanduloso-ciliatis , pedunculis, urceolis globosis, segmentisque subpinnatifidis hispido-glandulosis ; floribus paniculatis, magnis, semiplenis, apertis, roseis. T.
Icon in Andr. Ros. fasc. 31. ubi in eadem tabula etiam simplex sod floribus consuetudine tnajoribus depicta videri potest.
 

Book  (1819)  Page(s) 325-326.  
 
Die Rosa villosa duplex, mit gefüllten Blumen und birnförmigen Früchten zeichnet sich durch die Gestalt der Früchte aus. Sonst scheint sie denn wohl zu der Hauptart zu gehören. S. Rössig's Beschreib. d. Rosen, II. S. 68.

Book  (1818)  Page(s) fasc. 31, tab 34.  Includes photo(s).
 
ROSA villosa, et Varietas.
Hairy-leaved or Tree Rose, and its Variety.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER. Rose with nearly round seed-buds, and peduncles hispid and glandular; leaflets oblong, hairy and scented, with glandular sawed edges. The semi-double-flowered Rose grows to a large tree.

The semi-double-flowered Villosa is mostly known by the appellation of the Tree Rose; an appropriate title, as it may be frequently seen from ten to fifteen feet high ; and in the gardens at Sheen House, near Richmond, there is a Tree Rose near thirty feet high and fifteen wide, with a profusion of flowers, but much smaller leaves than are generally seen on the younger plants. It is a species of Rose well adapted for grafting or budding, as we found a plant of it in the gardens of the Hon. Wm. Irby, near Farnham, thirteen feet high, with at least sixteen different sorts of roses growing on it, and all in full bloom at the same time. The Single Tree Rose is not so common, nor have we seen any large plants of it except two in the Nursery of Mr. Shailer of Little Chelsea, which were about eight feet high, and very bushy. The foliage of this Rose is scented, and although not so powerful as that of some of the Sweetbriars, yet it may certainly be regarded as nearly related, if not one of the Eglantine family. Native of Britain.