ROSA CHINENSIS, var. PSEUDO-INDICA 
glowing account ; he says it is a straggling plant with the habit of 
Rosa arvensis Huds., and that with its loose petals the whole flower 
has the aspect of a slightly domesticated wildling, but he adds that 
Mr. Fortune still continues to speak highly of its beauty in China. 
M essrs. Standish & Noble of Bagshot endeavoured to dispel the 
unfavourable opinion of Lindley, attributing the defects of the Rose 
to unsuccessful culture and injudicious pruning of the previous years 
growth upon which the flowers are produced. They certainly proved 
the truth of their remarks by exhibiting splendidly grown specimens, 
which in June 1852 were the admiration of all who saw them. Since 
then Fortunes Yellow has been grown in many parts of the country 
both in the open and under glass. It is hardy in most countries, but 
the inclemency of our climate often injures its blossoms. Grown in an 
orangery, where it has protection against the vagaries of an English 
summer, it is greatly admired not only for the rare beauty of its flowers 
but for the graceful wreaths in which it produces them. For many 
years a beautiful mass of its flowers has been exhibited at the Royal 
H orticultural Shows, sent from the garden of Lady Wantage at 
Lockinge. 
As this Rose is sometimes erroneously called Rosa Fortuniana it 
is as well to explain here that the mistake has arisen from what was 
probably a clerical error in Paxton’s Flozver Garden , vol. iii. p. 157, 1 
where, under the heading Rosa Fortuniana , is quoted the description of 
Fortune s Yellow Rose which had previously appeared in the Botanical 
Magazine. The true Rosa Fortuniana is described in the Flower 
Garden , vol. ii. p. 71, 2 and the description is accompanied by a good 
black-and-white drawing. There is no similarity between Fortunes 
Yellow and the true Rosa Fortuniana, which is a large-flowered 
Banksian Rose, probably a hybrid of Rosa Banksiae Ait. and Rosa 
laevigata Michx., whereas Fortunes Yellow Rose, according to Crepin, 3 
may be a garden form of Rosa gigantea Collett ex Crep. 
A writer in the Gardener s Chronicle , June 3rd, 1856, describing 
a visit to the Horticultural Society’s garden at Chiswick, says: “As to 
Fortune’s climbing Yellow China, its rich nankeen colour was actually 
glowing with salmon, the house was piled with gigantic Roses, sweeter 
than the sweetest of the Eastern world.” 
1 1852-3. 2 1851-2. 
3 Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. vol. xxvii. p. 150 (18S8) ; vol. xxviii. pt. 2, p. 11 (1889). 
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