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The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, Vol. V
(1916)  Page(s) 1564.  
 
Bancroft, George, the famous American historian (1800-1891) deserves remembrance among horticulturalists for his notable collection of roses at his summer home in Newport, Rhode Island...In Bancroft's garden, George Field found a rose without a name which is now known to be the French variety Mme. Ferdinand Jamin. It was introduced by Field & Brothers as the American Beauty.
(1916)  Page(s) 3013.  
 
[In the list of Pink roses best-adapted to southern California] Madame Leon Pain.
(1916)  Page(s) 2988.  
 
Rosa odorata var. gigantea....hybrids with R. moschata have been raised by Franceschi at Santa Barbara, Calif.,; these are Madeline Lemoine, Montarioso, and Montecito and they combine the vigor and the foliage of var. gigantea with the paniculate inf. of R. moschata.
(1916)  Page(s) 2987.  
 
Rosa odorata var. gigantea....hybrids with R. moschta have been raised by Franceschi at Santa Barbara, Calif.,; these are Madeline Lemoine, Montarioso, and Montecito and they combine the vigor and the foliage of var. gigantea with the paniculate inf. of R. moschata.
(1916)  Page(s) 2987.  
 
Rosa odorata var. gigantea....hybrids with R. moschata have been raised by Franceschi at Santa Barbara, Calif.,; these are Madeline Lemoine, Montarioso, and Montecito and they combine the vigor and the foliage of var. gigantea with the paniculate inf. of R. moschata.
(1916)  Page(s) 2991.  
 
carolina L. [Section on Rosa written by Alfred Rehder of the Arnold Arboretum]
Shrub 3 feet or sometimes 6 feet high, spreading by means of numerous suckers, with slender prickles and usually numerous bristles. Leaflets 5-7, narrower, thinner than virginiana not shining, usually pubescent beneath. Flowers often soliary. Outer sepal lobed. Native to Maine to Georgia, west to Wisconsin and Oklahoma. Much resembling the preceding [Rosa virginiana] which is often considered a variety of this species.
(1916)  Page(s) 2991.  
 
Rosa carolina L. var. villosa Rehder (R. humilis var. villosa Best)
The species:
Shrub, 3 ft. or sometimes 6 ft. high, spreading by means of numerous suckers, with slender prickles and usually numerous bristles; leaflets 5-7,...narrower, thinner, not shining, usually pubescent beheath; flowers often soliary; outer speals lobed. Maine to Georgia, west to Wisconsin and Oklahoma.
Much resembling the the preceding, which is often considered a variety of this species:
var. villosa Leaves pubescent beneath, thickish.
(1916)  Page(s) 2991, 2990.  Includes photo(s).
 
carolina L. [Section on Rosa written by Alfred Rehder of the Arnold Arboretum]
Shrub 3 feet or sometimes 6 feet high, spreading by means of numerous suckers, with slender prickles and usually numerous bristles. Leaflets 5-7, narrower, thinner than virginiana not shining, usually pubescent beneath. Flowers often soliary. Outer sepal lobed. Native to Maine to Georgia, west to Wisconsin and Oklahoma. Much resembling the preceding [Rosa virginiana] which is often considered a variety of this species.
var. grandiflora Rehder Flowers 2 inches across. Leaflets larger.
(1916)  Page(s) 2998.  
 
R. Lyelli Lindl. Probably hybrid of R. moschata and R. clinophylla. Climbing. Leaflets usually 7, oblong, shining: flowers corymbose, large, white, single or double. Intro. from Nepal.
(1916)  Page(s) 3004.  
 
[In an article on roses by Alfred Rehder] Microphylla has minute leaflets; now called Rosa Roxburghii.
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