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Definition of Rosa banksia
1. Noun. Chinese evergreen climbing rose with yellow or white single flowers.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rosa Banksia
Literary usage of Rosa banksia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Book of Roses by Louis Durand (1911)
"The original species, Rosa banksia Alba, has white flowers, but there is a yellow
variety. A beautiful little Rose is the Corsican Rosa ..."
2. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"The Banksian (Rosa banksia?). Two varieties of this are known, the yellow and
the white. Requires greenhouse treatment: evergreen: needs very little pruning ..."
3. A Book about Roses: How to Grow and Show Them by Samuel Reynolds Hole (1900)
"BANKSIAN ROSES (Rosa banksia). Alba or White. White. Violet-scented. Half-hardy
and sub-evergreen. Lutea or Yellow. Yellow. Half-hardy and sub-evergreen. ..."
4. The Gardener's Magazine and Register of Rural and Domestic Improvement by J C Loudon (1838)
"Laffay, for instance, has this season obtained a vigorous and very thorny variety
of Rosa banksia-; which, should it fulfil his expectations, by producing, ..."
5. The Rose Amateur's Guide by Thomas Rivers (1840)
"The Rosa banksia Odoratissima, lately introduced from France, and in some catalogues
said to have rose-co- ..."
6. Manual of Roses: Comprising the Most Complete History of the Rose, Including by William Robert Prince (1846)
"... and brilliant color ; it may be deemed as superseded by the numerous climbers
of a superior character. THE BANKSIAN ROSE. Rosa banksia. ..."
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