Rosa Grevillii.—"Goldworth Nursery near Woking. — Dear Sir; You will no doubt recollect the shoot I showed you of my Greville rose, which grew eighteen feet in a few weeks. It is now in bloom, and is the most singular curiosity of all the rose tribe that has come under my observation; it grows on an E. by N. aspect, on the gable end of my house, covering above 100 feet square, with more than a hundred trusses of bloom. Some of them have more than filly buds in a cluster, and the whole will average about thirty in a truss, so that the amount of flower buds is little if any short of 3000. But the most astonishing curiosity is the variety of colours produced on the buds at first opening. White, light blush, deeper blush, light red, darker red, scarlet, and purple all on the same clusters. As my Greville rose is the only one I have seen in bloom, I should be glad to know through your valuable Gardener's Magazine, whether the above are the characters of the rose generally, or whether mine is a singular or new variety. I am, Dear Sir, &c R. Donald
A box of flowers sent us by Mr. Donald, were unquestionably those of the true R. multiflora var. Grevillii, which is easily known by the fringed edge of the leaf-stalk, (Fig. 99 a), while those of the common multiflora have much less fringe, and altogether smaller and less rugose leaves (b). The form of the blossom and clusters are pretty much a like in both sorts (c)—Cond.
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Gardener’s Magazine 1: 467-468 (Oct. 1826)
Rosa Grevillii.—"Goldworth Nursery near Woking. — Dear Sir; You will no doubt recollect the shoot I showed you of my Greville rose, which grew eighteen feet in a few weeks. It is now in bloom, and is the most singular curiosity of all the rose tribe that has come under my observation; it grows on an E. by N. aspect, on the gable end of my house, covering above 100 feet square, with more than a hundred trusses of bloom. Some of them have more than filly buds in a cluster, and the whole will average about thirty in a truss, so that the amount of flower buds is little if any short of 3000. But the most astonishing curiosity is the variety of colours produced on the buds at first opening. White, light blush, deeper blush, light red, darker red, scarlet, and purple all on the same clusters. As my Greville rose is the only one I have seen in bloom, I should be glad to know through your valuable Gardener's Magazine, whether the above are the characters of the rose generally, or whether mine is a singular or new variety. I am, Dear Sir, &c
R. Donald
A box of flowers sent us by Mr. Donald, were unquestionably those of the true R. multiflora var. Grevillii, which is easily known by the fringed edge of the leaf-stalk, (Fig. 99 a), while those of the common multiflora have much less fringe, and altogether smaller and less rugose leaves (b). The form of the blossom and clusters are pretty much a like in both sorts (c)—Cond.