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'Rosa microphylla Roxb. ex Lindl. synonym' rose References
Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 511.  
 
R. roxburghii Trattinnick Species, lilac pink, ('Burr Rose'; 'Chestnut Rose', et al see Source) Cultivated prior to 1814. Buds prickly like a chestnut burr; flowers lilac pink... Description.
Book  (Feb 1993)  Page(s) 37.  Includes photo(s).
Book  (1993)  Page(s) 77.  Includes photo(s).
 
[Listed under "Wild Roses and Their Cultivars"] This double, ancient Chinese garden rose, sent back to Europe in 1824, was the original form of Rosa roxburghii. Height: 5 ft. Well scented. (The single form of Rosa roxburghii is shown on pp. 54-5.)

Photo of double form and drawing of the double form commissioned by Reeves in China ca. 1814.
Book  (Aug 1990)  Page(s) 55.  
 
The Chestnut Rose is an unusual wild rose whose older wood has shaggy peeling bark like that of an old, gnarled birch tree...
Book  (1988)  Page(s) 19.  Includes photo(s).
Book  (1981)  
 
Rosa roxburghii Tratt. A sturdy bush that, in its normal single-flowered form, grows up to 10 ft high and as much in width; bark grey or fawn, peeling; branches stiff, armed with a few rigid, straight prickles in pairs. Leaves 2 to 4 in. long, consisting of nine to seventeen or even nineteen leaflets; rachis downy and with a few prickles. Leaflets elliptic, ovate or oblong-ovate, up to 1 in. or slightly more long, obtuse or acute at the apex, rounded to cuneate at the base, glabrous on both sides or downy beneath, simply toothed. Flowers usually solitary, delicate rose, 2 to 2½ in. across, pleasantly fragrant (for the flowers of the type, which are double, see below); pedicels and receptacle prickly. Sepals broadly ovate, lobed, downy. Fruits flattened, tomato-shaped, 11⁄2 in. across, very spiny, yellowish green, fragrant.
Native of China and Japan; the type of the species was a double-flowered garden variety introduced from China to the Calcutta Botanic Garden, where it had long been cultivated (see below). The next introduction was of the Japanese race sometimes distinguished as var. hirtula, to which most single-flowered plants in gardens probably belong (Bot. Mag., t. 6548 (1881)). The wild single-flowered form of China (f. normalis Rehd. & Wils.) was introduced by Wilson, according to whom it is abundant by waysides and in semi-arid river-valleys throughout the warmer parts of W. Szechwan.
R. roxburghii is a most distinct rose, with its peeling bark, its small, numerous leaflets, and especially by its large, spiny, apple-like fruit with no hint of red in it even when fully ripe. In the leafless state its open habit, stiff branches and peeling bark scarcely suggest a rose. The flowers tend to be concealed by the foliage but are deliciously fragrant and much visited by bees....
As mentioned above, the type of R. roxburghii is a double-flowered form of Chinese gardens, cultivated in the Calcutta Botanic Garden. This was introduced, probably direct from China, and first flowered in Colvill’s nursery, Chelsea, in 1824. The flowers are fully double, the outer petals light pink, the inner darker (Bot. Reg., t. 919; Bot. Mag., t. 3490). It is much less robust than the common single-flowered form.R. roxburghii has produced no notable hybrids, though it has been crossed to a limited extent. It is interesting that it has had some influence on the Floribunda race, through a cross with the Floribunda ‘Baby Château’, which produced ‘Cinnabar’, ‘Floradora’ and ‘Kate Duvigneau’. For its hybrids ‘Jardin de la Croix’ and ‘Triomphe de la Guillotière’, not treated here, see G. S. Thomas, Shrub Roses, p. 180, and his Climbing Roses, p. 154, respectively. For ‘Coryana’, a seedling of R. roxburghii, see p. 178. For R. roxburghii × R. rugosa see R. × micrugosa under the latter species.
 
Website/Catalog  (1970)  Page(s) 25.  
 
ROSA MICROPHYLLA (Rosebrughi 1820). Arbuste de bonne végétation avec un beau feuillage léger, aiguillons élégants. Cette variété est surtout remarquable par ses fruits en forme de châtaignes. 
Book  (1967)  Page(s) 35.  
 
C. R. Jelitto. Berlin, Western Germany. Some Asian Wild Roses.
....Roxburgh, an Englishsman, who the rose was named after by Trattinick, was the first to be intensively concerned with East Indian plants. He died in 1815 in Edinburgh.
Article (misc)  (1950)  Page(s) 114.  
 
R. microphylla or Roxburghii... accredited to the Japanese area [single, light pink]
Book  (1942)  Page(s) 70.  
 
One of my best Asiatic wild roses is the double form of R. microphylla, the Burr or Chestnut rose, known affectionately to many of the old Spanish families in California as the "Chilicote Rose" and in the South as the "Chinkapin Rose." It is classified now by the authorities as R. Roxburghi plena. I planted it purposely in the poorest soil in my garden, where it has flourished amazingly, though it resents moving except when quite young. It forms a strong climber up to ten feet high and is clothed the year round with a mass of pale green leaves, each with nine to eleven leaflets like those of a locust tree, that would make it an attractive sight even though it bore no bloom. But from early summer until fall the flowers appear, quite different from those of any other rose. From small round buds, closely set with bristles so that they resemble chestnuts, the large flat flower slowly develops until in full bloom it resembles a closely petaled dahlia of rich deep pink. The opening bud is a lovely sight, with outer petals pale pink, inner ones red, and the six calyx leaves, three of them smooth and three bristly, add to the unique effect of this attractive rose. No pest or disease ever affects this plant.
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