(1855)  Page(s) Appendix, p. xxii.  
 
The Bussorah Rose, R. gallica, Gulsooree, red, and white, the latter seldom met with, is one of a species containing an immense number of varieties. The fragrance of this rose is its greatest recommendation, for if not kept down, and constantly looked to, it soon gets straggling, and unsightly ; like the preceding species too, the buds issue from the ends of the branches in great clusters, which must be thinned, if well formed fragrant blossoms are desired. The same soil is required as for the preceding, with alternating periods of rest by opening the roots, and of excitement by stimulating manure.

(1855)  Page(s) Appendix, p. xxiii.  
 
The Duc de Berri rose, a variety of R. damascena, but having the petals more rounded and more regular, it is a low rather drooping shrub with delicately small branches.

(1855)  Page(s) Appendix, p. xxii.  
 
The China blush rose, R. Indica (R. Chinensis of Roxburgh), Kut'h gulab, forms a pretty hedge, if carefully clipped, but is chiefly usefully as a stock for grafting on. It has no odour.

(1855)  Page(s) Appendix, p. xxii.  
 
The Madras rose, or Rose Edward, a variety of E. centifolia, Gul ssudburuk, is the most common, and has multiplied so fast within a few years, that no garden is without it; it blossoms all the year round, producing large bunches of buds at the extremities of its shoots of the year; but, if handsome, well-shaped flowers are desired, these must be thinned out on their first appearance, to one or two, or at the most three on each stalk. It is a pretty flower, but has little fragrance. This and the other double sorts require a rich loam rather inclining to clay, and they must be kept moist....The native market gardeners sell Madras roses at the rate of thirteen young plants for the rupee. Mrs. Gore tells us that in London the most esteemed kinds of old roses are usually sold by nurserymen at fifty shillings a hundred: the first French and other varities seldom exceed half a guinea a piece.

(1855)  Page(s) Appendix, p. xxii.  
 
The Persian rose, apparently R. collina, Gul eeran bears a very full-petaled blossom, assuming a darker shade as these approach nearer to the centre ; but, it is difficult to obtain a perfect flower, the calyx being so apt to burst with excess of fulness, that if perfect flowers are required, a thread should be tied gently round the bud ; it has no fragrance. A more sandy soil will suit this kind, with less moisture.

(1855)  Page(s) Appendix, p. xxiii.  
 
The Rosa Brownii was brought from Nepaul by Dr. Wallich.

(1855)  Page(s) Appendix, p. xxii.  
 
The Indian dog-rose, R. arvensis, R. involucrata of Roxburgh, Gul bé furman, is found to grow wild in some parts of Nepal and Bengal, as well as in the province of Buhar, flowering in February, the blossoms large, white, and very fragrant; its cultivation extending is improving the blossoms, particularly in causing the petals to be multiplied.

(1855)  Page(s) Appendix, p. xxiii.  
 
The Bramble-flowered rose, B. multiflora, Gul rana, naturally a trailer, may be trained to great advantage, when it will give beautiful bunches of small many-petaled flowers in February and March, of delightful fragrance.

(1855)  Page(s) Appendix, p. xxii.  
 
The Moss Rose, R. muscosa, having no native name is found to exist, but has only been known to have once blossomed in India; good plants may be obtained from Hobart Town without much trouble.

(1855)  Page(s) Appendix, p. xxiii.  
 
A very sweet rose has been brought into Bengal from England. It is called Rosa Peeliana after the original importer Sir Lawrence Peel. It is a hybrid. I believe it is a tea-scented rose and is probably a cross between one of that sort and a common China rose ; but this is mere conjecture.