(C.japonica), Loudon, 1827, The Gardeners’ Magazine, vol.2, p.358: Seedling from Mr

Press of Hornsby; white ground, spotted and striped with crimson like a York and Lancaster

rose; well formed double, 7 cm across. Orthographic errors: ‘Rosamunda’, ‘Rosa Mindii’,

‘Rosamunde’, ‘Rosa-mundi’, ‘Rosa Mundii’. Orthographic variant: ‘Rosamundi’. Synonyms:

‘Rose of the World’, ‘Venusta’, ‘Grey’s Venus’, ‘Garviei’. Sport: Rosa Mundi Rosea.

Produced from the cross Semi-duplex x Alba Simplex by George Press, Hornsby, England.

Illustrated in Loddige’s Botanical Cabinet, 1832 and Berlèse 1841, Iconographie, pl.38 and

Mertens & Fontaine, Collection de cent espèces.....camellia, 1845, pl. 50.

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