Gardeners’ Chronicle (1940) p. 160
Rosa macrophylla var. Korolkowii.
Korolkow’s variety of the beautiful Himalayan Rosa macrophylla was discovered in gardens at Khiva, in Russian Turkestan, and regarded by Regel as a variety of Rosa cinnamomea. It was illustrated in The Gardeners’ Chronicle of 1916 and referred to in several publications, but, curiously enough, finds no place in The Genus Rosa and other important works. The flowers of R. macrophylla var. Korolkowii are comparatively large — two-and-a-half inches wide — and pink, while the large, vermilion fruits are an added attraction. Of rather upright habit, R. macrophylla var. Korolkowii attains a height of ten feet or more and is almost thornless. In the Journal of the R.H.S. for August last, Mr. B. O. Mulligan describes this Rose and states that a large specimen occurs in the National Rose Society's collection at Haywards Heath, while other specimens may be seen at Kew and in the Cambridge Botanic Gardens.

Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society 27: 482-492 (1902/3)
SOME WILD ASIATIC ROSES
Maurice L. de Vilmorin, F.R.H.S.
In the collections of M. Alphonse Lavallée, under the name of Rosa Korolkowi, I found a still taller variety [of macrophylla], with large, round, straight, almost thornless shoots, and an ample glossy foliage nearly as large as is found in the Tea-scented Roses. The flower is comparatively large, but the shade is of a lighter pink. The fruit is very large, sometimes two inches long. The variety is well worth cultivation.