| Title: | Rosa indica |
| Original Title: | Rose d'Inde |
| Volume and Page: | Vol. 14 (1765), p. 364 |
| Author: | Unknown |
| Translator: | Ann-Marie Thornton [Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey] |
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Gardening
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| Original Version (ARTFL): | Link |
| Source: | Russell, Terence M. and Anne Marie Thornton. Gardens and landscapes in the Encyclopédie of Diderot and D'Alembert : the letterpress articles and selected engravings. Aldershot: Ashgate, 1999. Used with permission. |
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| Citation (MLA): | "Rosa indica." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by Ann-Marie Thornton. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2013. Web. [fill in today's date in the form 18 Apr. 2009 and remove square brackets]. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0002.389>. Trans. of "Rose d'Inde," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, vol. 14. Paris, 1765. |
| Citation (Chicago): | "Rosa indica." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by Ann-Marie Thornton. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0002.389 (accessed [fill in today's date in the form April 18, 2009 and remove square brackets]). Originally published as "Rose d'Inde," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, 14:364 (Paris, 1765). |
Rosa indica. [1] This flower has a ramose stem which grows to a height of three feet and is covered along its entire length with small, narrow, dentate leaves. The flowers are saffron-coloured, semi-double, and shaped like roses, and their scaly receptacles contain black seeds.
Rosa indica is planted in pots and flower beds. It flowers in autumn and requires no special cultivation. It is sown in heat and care must be taken to keep it moist.
Notes
1. ‘Rose d’Inde’ now refers to Tagetes erecta, the African marigold, while Rosa indica is a synonym for Rosa chinensis, which was not introduced to Europe until 1800 (Huxley et al., 1992, iv.134).