Gardening Illustrated 9:166 (June 4, 1887) A LITTLE-KNOWN SINGLE ROSE—ROSA PISARTI. A beautiful and comparatively recent addition to the list of the lovely single Roses is the above-named kind. It has slender and very spiny branches, which have a tendency to droop. The flowers, which are pure white, are sweetly scented, and produced in profusion in the manner represented in the accompanying engraving; so plentifully, indeed, are they borne that they are said to give the bushes, when in full flower, the appearance of masses of snow. Like the beautiful R. Brunoniana, rugosa, and a few others, it will make a capital object for planting singly on a lawn, a position in which its beauty would be shown off to the best advantage. It is said to flower not only abundantly, but continuously, for several months. This species was named in compliment to M. Pisart, gardener to the Shah of Persia, at Teheran, to the gardens of which it has been introduced from Guiland, a locality near to the Caspian Sea. It is said to be extremely hardy, therefore its extended culture in our midst is greatly to be desired.
Note: This comment was written in England after the reblooming R. Godefroyae had already become confused with its parent, the once-blooming R. pissardi.
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Gardening Illustrated 9:166 (June 4, 1887)
A LITTLE-KNOWN SINGLE ROSE—ROSA PISARTI.
A beautiful and comparatively recent addition to the list of the lovely single Roses is the above-named kind. It has slender and very spiny branches, which have a tendency to droop. The flowers, which are pure white, are sweetly scented, and produced in profusion in the manner represented in the accompanying engraving; so plentifully, indeed, are they borne that they are said to give the bushes, when in full flower, the appearance of masses of snow. Like the beautiful R. Brunoniana, rugosa, and a few others, it will make a capital object for planting singly on a lawn, a position in which its beauty would be shown off to the best advantage. It is said to flower not only abundantly, but continuously, for several months. This species was named in compliment to M. Pisart, gardener to the Shah of Persia, at Teheran, to the gardens of which it has been introduced from Guiland, a locality near to the Caspian Sea. It is said to be extremely hardy, therefore its extended culture in our midst is greatly to be desired.
Note: This comment was written in England after the reblooming R. Godefroyae had already become confused with its parent, the once-blooming R. pissardi.