6 ARISTOCRATS OF THE GARDEN 



Meanwhile, in 1792, Lord Macartney brought back 

 with him from China a Rose (R. bracteata) which was 

 styled the Macartney Rose and which is now natural- 

 ized in some of our warmer states. 



Another Chinese Rose — the Cherokee Rose — the 

 date of whose introduction into this country is un- 

 known, is also naturalized widely in the warmer states 

 and received its earliest name (R. laevigata) in 1803, 

 from Michaux who firmly believed it to be native of 

 this country. 



In 1796, Rosa rugosa, native of Japan, Korea, and 

 extreme northeastern Asia, was introduced into Eng- 

 land by Messrs. Lee and Kennedy. 



These new and amazing plants from China quickly 

 attracted the attention of patrons of horticulture in 

 England and men were despatched to China ex- 

 pressly to send home all the novelties they could find; 

 and, intermittently, from the commencement of the 

 nineteenth century down to the present day, ardent 

 collectors have been busily employed, but this won- 

 derfully rich country is not yet exhausted of its floral 

 treasures! One of the first of these collectors — Wil- 

 liam Kerr — sent home in 1807 the double white- 

 flowered Banksian Rose (Rosa Banksiae). In 1824, 

 John Damper Parks sent home the double yellow- 

 flowered Banksian Rose {R. Banksiae, var. lutea) and 



