RO'SA LU'TEA. 
YELLOW PEESIAN EOSE. 
Class. 
ICOSANDRIA. 
Natural Order. 
ROSACE.® , 
Order. 
POI.YGYNIA. 
Native of 
Persia. 
Height. 
1 Flowers in 
Habit. 
5 feet. 
1 J une, Aug. 
Shrub. 
Introduced 
in 1837. 
No. 1193. 
For the derivation of the word Rosa, see No. 177. 
The Rose, here figured, we are told by Mr. Paul, 
was introduced from Persia, in 1837, by Sir H. Wil- 
lock, but we have no further particulars connected 
with its history. A yellow Rose, of fine form and 
colour, has long been desired, but we dare not say 
that in the Persian Rose are found all the qualities 
wis ed for. This Rose, however, is the nearest ap- 
proach yet made towards the desired perfection. It 
IS true that the old Rosa sulphurea— the double 
yellow of past generations, has, sometimes, produ- 
ced flowers of superlative beauty; but a flower or two 
in a county, and that once in three or four years, has 
only been heard of. We confess to never having 
seen but a single specimen that was perfectly ex- 
panded, and this, indeed, was superlative. Harri- 
sonn, another yellow, is a showy free-flowerer, but 
deficient of petals ; Williams's is still more so. The 
Austrian family, to which these belong, is com- 
paratively very small, and offers a fair field to pro- 
pagators for extension and improvement, seem* 
tiat all those of the China section, want intensity 
and permanence of colour. 
299. 
