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'Rosa Ehrhartiana minima Tratt.' rose References
Book (1823) Page(s) Vol. I, p. 71. ROSA Ehrhartiana minima.
Distinguitur caule vix semipedali, ramosissimo, ramulis patentibus, sparse et hispido-aculeatis, pedunculis elongatis, hispidis, foliolis minimis 2-5 lineas longis, floribus diametro vix pollicaribus , plenis, ranunculiformibus , roseis , centro purpurascentibus. T.
Icon apud Andr. in Ros. fasc. 10. sub nomine R. nanae minimae. Non est R. pomponia γ bicolor Thurii; nam flores non sunt convoluti, sed penitus expansi.
Book (1807) Page(s) fasc. 10, t.54. Includes photo(s). ROSA nana, minima. Smallest Dwarf, or True Pompone Rose. Specific Character. Rose, with roundish seed-buds; flowers very small, flesh-coloured, and of a deep red in the centre; leaflets egg-shaped, sharp-pointed, and small, hairy beneath, with finely sawed glandular margins. It is a dwarf shrub; stems and petioles prickly; the spines of the branches are scattered and straight. This elegant little plant proves, as we imagined it would, distinct from the minor variety, whose flowers and leaves we find subject to vary both in size and colour, but in the present true original species they are not. At present it is a very scarce Rose, and likely so to continue, from the difficulty annexed to its cultivation. Our figure represents one-third of the entire and only plant in the collection of Messrs. Loddiges, Hackney, the whole plant exhibiting an equal degree of luxuriant bloom. It very rarely attains the height of one foot; but this year it had not exceeded the height of 5 inches, which gave an addition of singularity to its appearance. It begind to flower nearly at the same time as the Rose de Meaux, but does not remain quite so long in bloom.
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