Excerpt from Aristocrats of the Garden Meanwhile, in 1792, Lord Macartney brought back with him from China a Rose (r. Bracteata) which was styled the Macartney Rose and which is now natural izod in some of our warmer states. Another Chinese Rose - the Cherokee Rose - the date of whose introduction into this country is um known, is also naturalized widely in the warmer states and received its earliest name (r. Iaevigata) in 1803, from Michaux who firmly believed it to be native of this country. In 1796, Rosa rugosa, native of Japan, Korea, and extreme northeastern Asia, was introduced into Eng land by Messrs. Lee and Kennedy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.