ROSA CHINENSIS 
The gardener showed us different kinds of plants with which we were unacquainted ; 
amongst others a shrub that produces magnificent flowers, of which the petals are 
soft as velvet, but odourless. He told us that it was called the Chinese Rose and 
had been imported within the last year with great care. Roses of this species may, 
in fact, be seen delineated on screens and in the corner of fans.” 
The variety known as Miss Willmotf s mdica (see accompanying 
plate) is a garden form. 
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