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,[From "Miraculous Old Rose 'Baoxiang' in China and 'Kakinada Red' in India", by Prof. Guoliang Wang, pp. 46-54]
...all evidences from various Chinese ancient written records, from ancient Baoxiang-like painting in the Five Dynasties, from rose Baoxiang pattern on the plate made in Yongzhen, and the live old rose 'Baoxiang' collected from northern and southern part of China, comes to support the view that all are the same. The main features of 'Baoxiang' which occurred in different periods in China are also very similar to the rose called variously 'Pacific', 'Maggie', and 'Kakinada Red' outside China. They would have been called 'Baoxiang' in Chinese 1000 years ago...
Fig. 6. Baoxiang in Chengdu, showing distinctive five imbricated petals which look like five hearts in an entire flower.

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[From "Roses in Pakistan", by Dr. Mahmooda Hashmi, pp. 55-68]
Another very popular beautiful well-known garden variety is R. Laevigata, called Mardan rose named after the city of Mardan in N.W.F.P. (Khyber Pakhtoon Khah Province of Pakistan). It is believed that during the mid 19th century a rose loving Colonel of Guides Cavalry stationed at mardan, during one of his expeditions to the valleys of Swat and Dir found this shrub/climber growing naturally....

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[From "Some Roses in My Garden", By Helga Brichet, pp. 5-7]
A few year later, Girija and Viru came to Europe and I had the pleasure of hosting them at my home. Before arriving they asked too what they might bring and my reply was "The Indianform of the R. gigantea, please!"....My plantlet also turned out to be another self-seedling from their garden. It brings to mind the languid grace and cold yellow of "Maréchal Niel", and has been named "Double Cream".

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[From "Some Roses in My Garden", By Helga Brichet, pp. 5-7]
"Forestville Hybrid Gigantea" ...was found by Robinson and is less exuberant than its gigantea siblings, a little more well-behaved and forms a tidy shrub. The double flowers are bright pink and large in spring.

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[From Roses in Laos and China", by Prof. Yoshihiro Ueda, pp. 173-180]
At first, we visited Paxon in the center of Bolovens Plateau (southern Laos). In some towns around Paxon, we found roses of three types, large shrubs with pale pink medium-size flowers, medium-size shrubs with small red flowers, and large shrubs with pink medium-size flowers. I thought that the large shrubs with pale pink medium-size flowers were Hume's Blush Tea-scented China, because of the flower color and flower shape is similar to the description of that rose. The flower changes its shape from a high-pointed bud to a cup shaped flower. This rose was growing in the garden of a farmhouse, covering the roof.
 

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[From "Some Roses in My Garden", By Helga Brichet, pp. 5-7]
...a seedling of R. brunonii, the pollen parent possibly being "Buff Beauty". The Knox Shaws named it "Jan Baatjies" after their gardener.  round March I received a truly tiny rooted cutting which, by November had scrambled easily four metres into an old cherry tree.....semi-double lemony flowers ....

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[From Bitter Sweet.... But Loverly Roses in my Garden", by Mariam Ahmad (Merille A. Ghazali), pp. 190-195 on Roses in Malaysia]
...After growing Kampung Magenta for just three months I was getting magnificent blooms ...I was told that she is actually "Maggie", a village rose that is found in many countries.
p. 195: The Beautiful Kampung Magenta...the village damsel....once a forgotten variety but mow the craze of many. Crimson and dark pink. Mild to strong fragrance. Medium to large, semi-double to double, cluster-flowered bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Her characteristics are similar to those local roses in many countries.

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[From "Some Roses in My Garden", By Helga Brichet, pp. 5-7]
In 2002 Girija and Viru Viraraghan travelled to South Africa for a conference and were hosted at the Knox Shaws'. On being asked what they could bring from India for their hosts, they received the reply "the Indian form of the R. gigantea, please!" When the plant subsequently bloomed it turned out to be a surprise seedling from their garden in Kodaikanal, with a goodly number of elegant petals of a creamy, magnolia shade. It was christened "Lady Di's Wedding Dress".

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[From "Some Roses in My Garden", By Helga Brichet, pp. 5-7]
Looping ...is a hybrid Gigantea - the other parent being a mystery - as can easily be seen from its growth, but the foliage is light green and glossy. The large, creamy-white blooms aresemi-double. The inner petals are smaller than those on the rim, so that when they fully open, the flowers resemble many moons falling from a tree. The spring show is breath-taking and there are intermittent blooms through to the autumn.

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[From Bitter Sweet.... But Loverly Roses in my Garden", by Mariam Ahmad (Merille A. Ghazali), pp. 190-195 on Roses in Malaysia]
...In my pursuit of local roses, I also found that the roses that the Malaysians call Rose Pengantin (Bride's Rose) is actually Louise Odier.