Book  (2018)  Page(s) 71.  
 
Au début de XX^e siècle, les principales cultures de rose à parfum étaient R. x damascena ‘Kazanlik’ en Bulgarie, pour l’huile essentielle et l’eau de rose, et R. x centifolia à Grasse, pour la concrète. Dans le Sud de la France à cette même époque différentes variétés furent essayées en parallèle avec les différentes méthodes d’extraction ou de distillation et des méthodes de greffage sur R. indica major : R. x centifolia ‘Lunier’, robuste mais à concrète de qualité inférieure, R. x hybrida ‘Ulrich Brünner’, fleur coupée de producton mais moins chère et à bon rendement de distillation ou encore R. x damascena ‘Muscadine’, R. x hybrida ‘Van Houtte’, R. rugosa ‘Rose à Parfum de l’Haÿ’, etc.

Newsletter  (Feb 2012)  Page(s) 7.  
 
 ‘Fun Jwan Lo’ (perhaps more correctly, according to the Chinese botanist Ma Yan, ‘Fen Zhuang Lo’).

Newsletter  (Feb 2012)  Page(s) 9.  
 
Dr. Wang aside, another Chinese rose we grow in California is ‘Fun Jwan Lo’ (modern spelling: ‘Fen Zhuang Lo’), also designated as ‘Odorata 44426’. According to the Chinese botanist Ma Yan, this old cultivar’s name means “The Women’s Dressing Building,” or, more romantically, “Milady’s Boudoir,” suggestive of “softly rumpled, silky pink blossoms.”

Newsletter  (Feb 2012)  Page(s) 7.  
 
[From "Odorata 44426", by Darrell g.h. Schramm]
This rose, also known as ‘Rosa Odorata 44426’, was obtained by Frank N. Meyer from a Presbyterian Mission in Pautung Fu. China, which had “procured it from a Chinese nurseryman.” Meyer, a plant explorer for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, sent it to the Plant Introduction Garden in Chico, California, in March of 1908. There it was initially given the Seed & Plant Introduction number 22449. Meyer, who apparently had not seen this particular specimen in bloom, believed it to be the yellow rambler he had seen in China. It was not. When the rose came into flower, the description sent did not match the actual bloom. According to the Plant Inventory description by the USDA in 1917, ‘Odorata’ produces “small, double, white flowers with pink centers,” and blooms quite freely. Its vigorous canes grow five to eight feet long. Consequently, a new description was written and a new S.P.I. number assigned: 44426. Initially the plant was used as a pillar rose. Some observers mentioned that at times it would sucker badly in the field, though not in the greenhouse. In 1922, the American breeder E. Gurney Hill found the rose especially promising in the forcing of yellow roses in the winter months. Because ‘Manetti’ had not proven conducive as an understock for yellow roses, ‘Odorata 44426’ was tested. A three-year trial at the University of Illinois’ Agricultural Experiment Station demonstrated that it was at least as good as, and sometimes better than, 'Manetti' as an understock in general

Book  (2012)  Page(s) 64.  
 
Hybrides de Bengale...
R. Indica Major, Ita.

Book  (2007)  Page(s) 297.  
 
Indica Major (Vibert, 1823). T cl. syn ‘Bengalensis Scandens’. Fun Jwan Lo’, ‘Grande Indienne’, Mousseline’, ‘Rose Blanche’, ‘Sempervirens of Italy’, ‘Sophie Cottin’, ‘Walton Climber’. Varying white to pink. Pirolle calls it a HCh., as does Nickels. TORA1 (as ‘Fun Jwan Lo’),
The Old Rose Informant. Compare ‘A Fleurs Doubles’ (Bslt; alias ‘De Chine’) ‘Fraxinifolia’ (Bslt), and ‘Mutabilis’ (N). See also ‘Belmont’ (HCh) and ‘Mousseline’ (Ch).

Book  (2005)  Page(s) 231.  
 
...Only one of the early Teas showed outstanding vigour: the semi-climber 'Indica Major', introduced from China around 1823. It bears charming silky-looking flowers made up of pink-rimmed primrose petals, and though tender it is sturdy enough to serve as an understock in warm climates. Of the sixty Tea roses introduced in this period 'Indica Major' appears to be the only survivor...

Book  (2 Nov 2003)  Page(s) 20.  
 
Barbara May and Jane Zammit.  Rookwood Cemetery Roses.  
The following roses have been identified at Rookwood, primarily in the old and Heritage listed areas  Fun Jwan Lo (indica Major)

Book  (2000)  Page(s) 482.  
 
p482. The introduction by Vibert of the third Tea, 'Indica Major', is dated - perhaps a bit uncertainly - to 1823. It was at any rate certainly around by 1826, when Pirolle described it as "double flowers, medium size, white, perimeter pinkish; very precious variety." This rose picked up a number of names over its career, due evidently to being introduced at various times via various routes from an origin in China, where it was called 'Fun Jwan Lo'. Another name we see in its synonymy is the unlikely 'Sempervirens of Italy'; as Vibert did a great deal of trade with Italy (he first "visited" Italy as a soldier under Napoleon!) - we see many Italian Chinas and Teas among his offerings - it's not unlikely that this was where he obtained it. In latter days, it was introduced as a rootstock by the U.S. Department of Agriculture as 'Odorata 22449'. Prevost fils tells us more about the variety in 1829: "Canes climbing. Leaves very glossy, staying on the bush a long time. Ovary and fruit as with the Semperflorens type [this would refer to the 'Slater's Crimson China' race of Chinas]. Styles free, as with all the varieties of this series. Flower medium sized, very double, flesh-colored, nuanced with pink.”

Magazine  (2000)  Page(s) 122. Vol 94, Part 4.  
 
Charles Quest-Ritson.  'Indica Major'.  Sometimes attributed to Vibert, this is probably a genuine Chinese cultivar, brought to Europe in the early years of the 19th century. It was very widely used in hot climates both as a hedging, rose, and as a rootstock, and often appears in old cemeteries, gardens and farmsteads in California, eastern Australia and South Africa. The Italian rosarian Dominico Aicardi wrote (in Le Rose Modern) [Roma, 1941]) that it was widely used in the Mediterranean because its deep thrusting roots were much better adapted to the climate than Rosa canina, and R. laxa.  It was widely propagated by late summer cuttings and had the great advantage of reacting quickly to irrigation, so that one could regulate the growth of the plants at will; no other stock possessed this characteristic.  It is a pretty and distinctive early-flowering cultivator with small to medium-sized, fully double flowers in clusters, opening dark pink, and fading to white. It is rather a thorny plant and grows to 3 - 3 1/2 metres as a hedge, but to 5 metres or more as a climber.