494 HORTUS MORTOLENSIS 
From the juice of the latter the Japanese obtain their excellent 
varnish. . tomentosa, R. excisa, and R. lancea were introduced 
in June, 1872, by seeds received from the late Prof. MacOwan. 
Rosa. 
Of f. Alliona there is one plant in the valley; it is easily 
known by its distant leaflets. P 
R. Banksi@ with single yellow flowers is the most abundan 
Rose in the garden, and is of great beauty during the month of 
April. Nothing is known as to its introduction here, but it was 
already cultivated before December, 1870. The late Sir Joseph 
Hooker, who gives a full account of the introduction of the Bank- 
sian Rose into Europe, figures this yellow form from La Mortola as 
the type in Bot. Mag. t. 7171. Iam, however, informed by Dr. 
A. Henry that this is not the original wild form of the species, 
but a product of cultivation in China, whilst the real type, a 
single, white-flowered plant, is very common in the Ichang 
Province, &e. This single white R. Banksie is at present not 
represented in the garden, unless it is included in the collection 
recently received from Mr. Wilson. 
fi. berberifolia has often been tried without success. 
f. bracteata is growing very well; it is late flowering and does 
not fruit. 
Ff. bourboniana is a large, most vividly coloured and almost 
single-flowered, very sweet-scented rose. It is an upright shrub, 
about 1:00-1:50 m. high. 
fi. damascena conditorum and trigintipetala were bought from 
Dr. Dieck, of Zoschen, in November, 1898. Three plants of the 
latter variety were presented to Sir Thomas Hanbury by King 
Ferdinand of Bulgaria, in 1903, from the rose fields of Kazanlik, 
which is the chief locality for its cultivation.* This historic town 
is situated on the southern exit of the Shipka Pass in a beautiful 
undulating plain, where the principal occupation of the inhabitants 
is the manufacture of Attar of Roses or Rose Oil. 
fi. foliosa x rugosa was received from M. Maurice L. de 
Vilmorin in 1906. 
fi. Fortuniana resembles a large double white R. Banksia, 
but it must not be mistaken for the ‘“ Rose Fortune's double 
yellow,” a marvellous hybrid rose, figured in Bot. Mag. t. 4679. 
Mr. Fortune found this latter at Ningpo, in the garden of a rich 
Mandarin. It was introduced into England in 1845. 
f. gigantea was grown from seeds received from Mr. 
Thompson, of Ipswich. It was introduced into Europe in 1888, 
but has been everywhere a very shy bloomer. It first flowered 
at Chateau Eléonore, Cannes. 
fi. indica major is generally used as stock for budding. It is 
the most common rose along the coast, occurring almost sub- 
* See Fliickiger & Hanbury, Pharmacographia, pp. 233-288, second edition, 
pp. 262-268. 
