Book  (1834)  Page(s) 187-8.  
 
China Roses.
No. 30. *Rosa calyxifolia. The calyx of this rose has large leaflets attached to it. It blooms very early, and is of a deep crimson colour, with recurved petals, which give it a singular and beautiful appearance. The young shoots and leaves are of a purple hue. It grows and flowers freely, and is quite characteristic, and surpasses any we know for flowering early in the Green-house or Rooms.

*Those marked thus * we have grown from seed.