Book (1810) Page(s) fasc. 20, tab. 114. Includes photo(s).
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Specific Character. Rose with nearly round seed-buds, and peduncles hispid and glandular; flowers of many petals; leaflets ovate, glandular, and hairy; stem and petioles prickly.
Of all the fragrant-leaved Roses, this is certainly the finest, and for which we are indebted to Mr. Williams, who discovered it in his nursery about 23 years ago, growing promiscuously in the same Sweetbriar-bush with the Eglanteria major; and although found vegetating at the same time, and under the same auspices, yet is its character altogether very different; this being as slow in growth as the other is quick. It is the only Eglantine Rose at present known with perfectly double flowers, and is with difficulty increased by layers, which are a long time in forming a root; and the seeds, which it very rarely ripens, remain in the ground a long time dormant.
