"Tea-scented" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... produced by the mingling of R. Banksiae with some rose like R. Devoniensis, "for while it was very greatly increased in vigour and in the size of all the parts, the leaves were half-way between a Banksian and Tea-scented rose." It appears that rose-growers were aware that the Banksian rose sometimes affects other roses. Had it not been for this latter statement, it might have been suspected that this new variety was simply due to bud-variation, and that ...
— The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. • Charles Darwin |
