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'Hibbertia' rose References
Article (magazine) (Feb 2013) Page(s) 4. Buist bred several roses. Among them were two hybrid chinas, ‘Hibbertia’, named for his partner [Thomas Hibbert], and ‘Jacksonia’, probably named for the seventh president of the United States. Both appeared about 1830.
Book (1936) Page(s) 344. Hibbertia (Bengal) Buist ca. 1830; ?
Book (1922) Page(s) 176. Official List of Roses Introduced in America. Compiled by Charles E. F. Gersdorff Hibbertia, China.* (Buist, about 1830.)
*variety no longer in commerce
Website/Catalog (1846) Page(s) 33. China, or Bengal Roses. 37 ½ to 50 cents each. Hibbertia... globular. Dark rose.
Book (1834) Page(s) 186. China Roses. No. 24. *Rosa Hibbertia, is a superb rose of a light red colour; flower of a common size, double and compact, very fragrant, and abundant in bloom. The buds are of a particular shape, being flat at the extremity where others are pointed. It is highly deserving of a situation, and universally admired.
*Those marked thus * we have grown from seed.
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