ROSA PERSICA 
foot of the Elvina Mountains, where it grows in bushes of about three 
feet in height. Unfortunately it is not hardy in England. It was first 
mentioned by Jussieu in his Genera Plantarum in 1789. It was intro- 
duced into France by Michaux and Olivier, and into England in 1790 
by Sir Joseph Banks. 
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