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ROSA CHINENSIS x MULTIFLORA Hort. 
(FELLENBERG) 
Rosa chinensis x multijlora : caulibus arcuatis, glabris ; aciculis conformibus, 
sparsis, falcatis, haud stipularibus ; foliolis 7-9, oblongis, magnitudine mediocribus ; 
acutisvel obtusis, argute simpliciter serratis, utrinque glabris; rhachi glabra, aciculata, 
haud glandulosa; stipulis adnatis, marginibus glandulosis, haud laciniatis, apicibus 
liberis, patulis, ovatis ; floribus multis, corymbosis ; pedicellis nudis ; calycis tubo 
globoso, nudo ; lobis ovato-acuminatis, simplicibus vel modice compositis ; petalis 
rubellis ; stylis leviter connatis ; fructu globoso, rubro ; sepalis caducis. 
Stems arching, glabrous ; prickles uniform, scattered, hooked, none stipular. 
Leaflets 7-9, oblong, middle-sized, acute or obtuse, simply sharply serrated, quite 
glabrous on both surfaces ; petioles glabrous, aciculate, not at all glandular; stipules 
adnate, edged with glands, not laciniated, with spreading ovate free tips. Flowers 
many, corymbose ; pedicels naked. Calyx-tube globose, naked ; lobes ovate-acuminate, 
| in. long, simple or slightly compound. Petals bright pink, much larger than in 
the double-flowered forms of Rosa multiflora Thunb. Styles slightly connate. 
Fruit globose, bright red ; sepals deciduous. 
This charming Rose was raised by Fellenberg, who distributed 
it in 1857. 
It was formerly better known in France under the name of La 
Belle Marseillaise. In England it has always enjoyed a well-merited 
popularity, for it is perhaps the freest and most continuous flowering 
of Roses known. Although in horticultural lists it is generally in- 
cluded under the Noisettes , its parentage is believed to be Rosa chinensis 
Jacq. x Rosa multijlora Thunb. It is, however, much nearer Rosa 
chinensis , and it has not the ciliated stipules which are a constant 
character in multijlora hybrids. It does not appear to have been either 
published or described, although constantly referred to in Rose lists 
and elsewhere. As with all the Roses in this section, cuttings root with 
extreme facility, and the plants thrive in any soil and in all situations. 
Planted as a hedge Rose, against a wall or in the wild garden, its fine 
corymbs of glowing carmine flowers are scarcely surpassed by any other 
member of this beautiful genus. 
De Pronville 1 alludes to this Rose as the “ Bengale a bouquets 
he says it was growing in the Trianon Nursery in 1818. 
1 Nomenclature du Genre Rosier , pp. 102, 104 (i8i8\ 
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