|White with|This species, when not in
| |deep pink |flower, bears a strong
| |suffusion,|likeness to R.
| |and very |griffithianum, but the
| |fragrant; |flowers are very distinct,
| |May and |about 3 inches across, and
| |early June|very fragrant, whilst each
| | |one has seven petals. The
| | |hybrids are of good habit,
| | |flower with great freedom,
| | |are very fragrant, and each
| | |bloom frequently has six
| | |petals, whilst the stamens
| | |are often imperfect. The
| | |group displays a wide range
| | |of colouring, pink and deep
| | |rose predominating, but a
| | |few are red, and many are
| | |prettily spotted or
| | |blotched with red or
| | |chocolate. We hope this
| | |group will be better known,
| | |as many of the hybrids are
| | |very charming, a few having
| | |names; thus those raised at
| | |Kew were named respectively
| | |Mrs. Thiselton-Dyer and
| | |George Thiselton-Dyer. They
| | |bloom profusely, the
| | |flowers being very deep
| | |rose with dust-brownish
| | |blotches at the base; the
| | |chief difference is that
| | |the flowers of the former