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'Elegant variegated Damask Rose' References
Book (1768)
Mrs. Hart's Rose ..supposed to be varieties of the Damask Rose.
Book (1724)
Under the second Class [Mr. Mortimer] ranks the Damask...The elegant variegated Damask Rose, whose Shoots are redder and shorter than the Chrstal; its leaves smaller, and its Flowers somewhat double.
Book (1683) Page(s) 294.
Rosa damascena variegata elegantior J. Rea. Flor: The Elegant variegated Damask-Rose, or Mistress Hearts-Rose.
Book (1665) Page(s) 32.
The best and most esteemed are, first, of the red Roses that called Rosa mundi, the rose of the World; Vitriensis, the red Belgick Rose; the marbled Rose, the Rose without thorns, and the red Province Rose; of the Damask Roses, the crystal Rose, Mrs. Hearts Rose, the blush Belgick Rose, the monethly Rose, and the Damask Province Rose: of the yellow Roses, the scarlet Austrian Rose, and the double yellow Rose: of white Roses, the blush Rose, and the Damask Musk Rose. These are all excellent Roses, and none of them would be wanting in any good Florists Garden.
Book (1665) Page(s) 29.
Rosa Damascena variegata elegantior. The elegant variegated Damask Rose is something like the last described [Crystall Rose], onely the shoots are shorter and redder, and the leaves smaller, the flowers something doubler, and often better marked than either of the former: this is by some called Mrs. Hearts Rose.
Book (1656) Page(s) 162.
Rosa flo: pleno elegans variegata, dainty double variable Rose.
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