(1992)  Page(s) 64-65.  
 
We do not know the origin of 'Andersonii', a chance seedling. The variety was already discovered a long time ago. The nursery Hillier distributes it since 1912. 'Andersonii' is among the most beautiful and useful wild roses. She is recommend everywhere where there is space for a wild rose. She grows dense and more broad than high, with 1,5 times 1,2 m somewhat more moderate than the common Rosa canina. The healthy, fully-covering, dark green, underside pubescent foliage is often lost fully only in spring when new growth arrives. The blooms are single, but with 5 to 7 cm diameter, larger than the wild form. The colour is a deep carmine-pink. 'Andersonii' is very floriferous and blooms for a long time in larger clusters, from which the first blooms fall off before the last buds expand. The scarlet-red longish-ovoid hips are very hard and persistent and are a pleasing sight still in late winter.

(1992)  Page(s) 97.  
 
Charles de Mills (in culture before 1811). syn. 'Bizarre Triomphant'. The old French name is now also used by Thomas (1980), though in Guerrepain (1811) a printer's error made 'Buzard Triomphant' out of it. ...Mysterious is the name 'Charles de Mills' which appeared later, if not this variety came from Mills, an Englishman living in Rome around 1840, whose "Pergole italienne" covered with China-Roses was admired (Loiseleur-Deslongchamps 1844, p. 284f.)..

(1992)  Page(s) 157.  
 
Some roses suitable for hedges
R. gallica (spreading)....'Complicata'

(1992)  Page(s) 112.  Includes photo(s).
 
'Fantin Latour' is a found child with a phantasy name, but she has beautiful centifolia blooms and is fragrant.

(1992)  Page(s) 110.  
 
Fantin Latour (Origin unknown) This variety is a found child of G.S. Thomas, which closely resembles the delicate roses on paintings of the french painter Fantin Latour (1836 to 1904). Surely this is an old sort, which has been renamed. The impressive, rounded shrub is densely foliated, and with large, glossy, smooth foliage, which makes one think of Chinensis-heritage. 'Fantin Latour' produces small bouquets of finely fragrant roses. They are cupped, well double blooms, soft pink and a few shades deeper in their innermost. The roses fade quickly in direct sun. This is one of the few old sorts which were awarded with the 'Award of Garden Merit' of the Royal Horticultural Society (1968).
Léonie Bell writes in the reprint of Curtis (1980), that the found rose 'Fantin latour' must be the old Bourbon-Hybrid 'Céline' (Laffay 1825). Height 1,5 m.

(1992)  Page(s) 97, 100.  Includes photo(s).
 
p. 97: 'Violacea', eine der alten "Samtrosen", blüht im Juni reich und behält bis in den Winter ihr dichtes Laub.

p. 100: 'Violacea' (vermutlich vor 1800 in Holland in Kultur)
Da die heute kultivierte Sorte 'Violacea' nicht Redoutés "Rosa gallica maheca" entspricht, entfallen alle bisher gebrauchten Synonyme (Bean und Thomas in Bean 1980, Seite 96 und 203; de la Roche 1978, Seite 179 und 181). Sicherlich handelt es sich um keine reine Gallica-Rose, denn der Strauch will hoch hinaus. Die jungen, schlanken, fast unbewehrten Zweige wachsen steil-aufrecht, doch später hängen sie über und verzweigen sich gut. Der Strauch trägt dichtes rundliches Laub, das sich im Herbst bräunlich färbt und ungewöhnlich lange hält. Schon früh bedeckt er sich mit Knospenbüscheln, an denen die langen Kelchblätter auffallen. Die fast einfachen Blüten besitzen zwei Reihen Petalen; sie sind erst samtig-dunkelrot, später weisen sie violette Schatten auf. Wie ein Krönchen prangen darin die goldenen Staubgefäße. Die Sorte duftet angenehm und leicht. Die verblühten Rosen fallen sauber ab. Die sehr winterharte und immer gesunde Sorte eignet sich in idealer Weise als Deckstrauch und für naturnahe Pflanzungen. Sie gedeiht gut auf eigener Wurzel und wird nicht so hoch. Höhe 1,6 m.
'Violacea' wird in der Literatur gelegentlich mit der Moosrose 'Violacée' (Soupert et Notting 1876) verwechselt.

Translation:
p. 97: 'Violacea', one of the old "velvet roses", blooms profusely in June and retains its dense foliage until winter.

p. 100: 'Violacea' (probably cultivated in Holland before 1800) Since the variety 'Violacea' cultivated today does not correspond to Redouté's "Rosa gallica maheca", all previously used synonyms are omitted (Bean and Thomas in Bean 1980, pages 96 and 203; de la Roche 1978, pages 179 and 181). It is certainly not a pure Gallica rose, because the bush aims high. The young, slender, almost unarmed branches grow steeply upright, but later they hang over and branch out well. The shrub has dense, rounded foliage that turns brown in autumn and lasts an unusually long time. Early on it is covered with clusters of buds on which the long sepals stand out. The almost simple flowers have two rows of petals; At first they are velvety dark red, later they have violet shading. The golden stamens adorn it like a crown. The variety has a pleasant and light fragrance. The faded roses fall off clean. The very hardy and always healthy variety is ideal as a cover shrub and for natural plantings. It grows well on its own roots and doesn't grow that tall. Height 1.6 m.
'Violacea' is occasionally confused in the literature with the moss rose 'Violacée' (Soupert et Notting 1876).

(1992)  Page(s) 99.  
 
'La Plus Belle des Ponctuées' The "most beautiful of the spotted" was already mentioned by Countess Chotek, who cultivated 6000 varieties in her Rosarium near Pressburg, as unique. The variety produces full clusters of large blooms in rosette-form, whose deep pink is lightened up by many, almost white spots. The blooms are quite effectful against the dark foliage of the only moderately tall shrub. 1,4 m tall. (Chotek-Catalogue 1929, Nr. 389).

(1992)  Page(s) 106.  
 
Portland-Roses...'Pergolèse' (Robert et Moreau 1860, F). Giovanni Pergolèse was a composer of opera and ecclestiacal music from Naples. The interesting colouring of this rose is similar to those of Gallicas. She has less than medium size blooms, which are flat and nicely quartered. They vary in colour from cherry-red to purple-lilac with darker shading, sometimes even showing a green eye. The small, fragrant clusters look nice anong the dark green foliage of the upright shrub. The variety does not always rebloom. 1,2m tall.

(1992)  Page(s) 106.  
 
Portland-Roses...'Pergolèse' (Robert et Moreau 1860, F). Giovanni Pergolèse was a composer of opera and ecclestiacal music from Naples. The interesting colouring of this rose is similar to those of Gallicas. She has less than medium size blooms, which are flat and nicely quartered. They vary in colour from cherry-red to purple-lilac with darker shading, sometimes even showing a green eye. The small, fragrant clusters look nice anong the dark green foliage of the upright shrub. The variety does not always rebloom. 1,2m tall.

(1992)  Page(s) 68.  
 
Herbal books of the Middle Ages list R. majalis ,'Zimtrose', in its single and double form. R. majalis 'Plena' was cultivated in the garden for many centuries. She was one of the few roses of older times with double blooms. Double-blooming varieties of R. majalis probably occurred repeatedly, before Münchhausen gave it the name R. foecundissima (R. majalis 'Foecundissima'). The name R. majalis "Mairöschen", points to an early blooming, which begins seldom in May, often only in June. The designation "Zimtrose" seems to be derived from the brown branches, and not, as sometimes claimed, from a fragrance of cinnamon in the bloom or foliage. R. majalis 'Foecundissima' forms a dense bush of 1 to 2 m high canes and suckers below the soil, which secure its survival in the locations where she is once planted. The prickles are mostly only in pairs below the leaf stalk. The dull green and hairy foliage with five to maximum seven leaflets is of varying size. Strangely enough, the stipules roll themselves somewhat in non-blooming branches, while they are extended on blooming ones. The densely filled flat small blooms are lilac-rose coloured, darker in the centre and lighter on the edges. The petals get smaller towards the middle, the whole bloom looks somewhat frayed. R. majalis 'Foecundissima' develops no hips, contrary to the single R. majalis.