Tas. 4679. 
Fortune's Dovusie YELLOW, 
or Wang-jang-ve Ross. 
Fortune’s Double Yellow Rose. Lindl. in Journ. of Hort. Soc. Lond. 1851. v. 6. 
p. 52. 
If it is desirable to give a botanical specific name to a hybrid 
plant at all, it can only be done, with any kind of propriety, when 
we are acquainted with the double origin of the plant in question, 
viz. both parents. Of the pedigree of the Rose here figured we 
know nothing, save that it comes from China; and, as Dr. Lindley 
has observed, it is fruitless to inquire. As an ornamental Rose 
for the garden, we should have thought there could have been 
but one opinion among those who have seen the flowering plant 
(the delicacy of the petals cannot be imitated by art), and ¢hat is 
entirely in its favour. But it has been spoken of unfavourably 
by some; and this has been accounted for by Messrs. Standish 
and Noble, to whom we are indebted for the specimens here 
published, and whose remarks, together with those of Mr. For- 
tune, who introduced the plant from China to our gardens, shall 
occupy the remainder of our space. UES 
« Seldom,” write Messrs. Standish and Noble, in June of the 
present year, “has a really beautiful flower remained so long 
comparatively unknown as this. Few persons have seen a blos- 
som; and those who have not, believe it to be worthless. In 
fact there exists a deeply rooted prejudice against the plant, 
caused, no doubt, by the very unfavourable report circulated 
when it bloomed the first time in this country. Yet nothing 
can be more beautiful as a flower, nor can anything exceed it in 
delicacy of tint. Imagine a gamboge-yellow ground, over which 
is thrown a tint of crimson lake, and you obtain an idea of its: 
colour. The centre petals have generally a predominance of 
lake, and the outer ones are more strongly marked ; but there is 
a beautiful clearness about them, which can only be appreciated 
by examining a flower. Apart from the prejudice which exists 
against the plant, many persons have spoken derogatively ol 
NOVEMBER Ist, 1852. 
