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The Genus Rosa

by Ellen Willmott
(1857-1934)

Color antique lithographs (chromolithographs) over 100 years old
from Watercolor Drawings by Alfred Parsons, R.A.
London (1910-1914) limited to 1000 copies

Sheet size: approx. 14¾ x 10¾ inches.
Original text page(s) accompany print whenever available.

The Genus Rosa was the masterpiece of Ellen Willmott and the culmination of a lifetimes’ study of the species. It ranks with Redoute’s Les Roses as one of the definitive and most beautiful works on roses and remains an important reference for rosarians today.

Ellen Willmott was an eccentric and wealthy woman as well as a fanatical horticulturist and landscape designer. Through her wealth, she was able to finance many plant expeditions and was honoured by certain species being named after her.

She resided at Warley Place from the age of 17, developing a spectacular garden over the course of many years. Active in the Royal Horticultural Society, she was awarded the Medal of Honour in 1907. At one time, she employed as many as 100 gardeners for properties stretching from Warley Place to France and Italy. Always eccentric, she scattered seeds of the sea holly, Miss Willmott’s Ghost, wherever she traveled, including friend’s gardens. Sadly, in later life, she became penniless and increasingly eccentric, booby-trapping her garden against plant thieves and carrying a revolver. Her beautiful home and garden at Warley Place was sold to pay her debts when she died in 1934 and ultimately demolished. Today, her land is leased to the Essex Wildlife Trust and all traces of her magnificent garden are gone.

The Genus Rosa, published in parts between 1910-1914, and now a very rare work indeed, is her remarkable legacy to print and rose-lovers of today. The superbly artistic renderings of each rose are the work of Alfred Parsons (1847-1920), an English landscape painter and illustrator, and demonstrate a sensitivity offline and form rarely equaled in the illustration of the rose.


Please click on a thumbnail for enlargement. The paper is softly aged, with some light browning to the edges and occasional minor chips and/or short tears to the edges.
Please excuse the poor quality of our photos, the prints are beautiful!

Rosa Pomponia

Rosa parvifolia
"Burgundian Rose"


$169.95

Rosa gymnocarpt

Rosa gymnocarpia

$169.95

Rosa jundzilli Besser

Rosa jundzilli Besser


$169.95

Rosa Hawrana Kmet

Rosa Hawrana Kmet

$169.95

Rosa Serafini Viv.

Rosa Serafini Viv.

$169.95

Rosa agrestis Savi

Rosa agrestis Savi

$169.95

Rosa canina L. (Dog Rose)

Rosa canina L.
"Dog Rose"

Rosa canina, var. Globosa Desv.

Rosa canina, var. Globosa Desv.
variety of "Dog Rose"


$169.95

Rosa canina, var. Exilis Keller

Rosa canina, var. Exilis Keller
variety of "Dog Rose"

$169.95

Rosa macrantha Desp.

Rosa macrantha Desp.

$169.95

Rosa gallica L.

Rosa gallica L.

$169.95

Rosa Rubrifolia Villars

Rosa Rubrifolia Villars

$169.95

Rosa Dumetorum Thuill

Rosa Dumetorum Thuill

$169.95

Rosa glutinosa Sibth. &  Sm.

Rosa glutinosa Sibth. & Sm.

$169.95

Glutinosa var. poteriifolia

Rosa Glutinosa var. Poteriifolia
(no text avail.)

$169.95

Rosa blanda var. Willmottiana

Rosa blanda var. Willmottiana
(no text avail.)

$169.95

Rosa blanda

Rosa blanda
(no text avail.)

$169.95

Rosa blanda Aiton Hudson bay rose, labrador rose

Rosa blanda Aiton
"Hudson's Bay or Labrador Rose"


$169.95

Rosa damascena Miller

Rosa damascena Miller
"Damask Rose"


$169.95

rosa pomifera var.

Rosa pomifera var.
variety of "Apple Rose"

(no text avail.)

the apple rose

Rosa pomifera Herrm.
"The Apple Rose"


$169.95

Rosa pomponia De Candolle

Rosa pomponia De Candolle
"The Pompon Rose"
or "Rose de Meaux"


$169.95

Rosa tomentosa Smith

Rosa tomentosa Smith

$169.95

Rosa watsoniana Crp.

Rosa watsoniana Crép.

$169.95

Rosa Xanthina Lindl.

Rosa Xanthina Lindl.

$169.95

Rosa hardii Cels

Rosa hardii Cels

$169.95

Rosa spinosissima

Rosa spinosissima

$169.95

Rosa spinosissima, var. ochroleuca Baker

Rosa spinosissima,
var. ochroleuca Baker


$169.95

Rosa spinosissima (Garden Form)

Rosa spinosissima
(Garden Form)

(no text avail.)

Rosa wichuraiana Crp

Rosa wichuraiana Crép

$169.95

Rosa micrantha

Rosa micrantha Smith

$169.95

Rosa arvensis Huds.

Rosa arvensis Huds.

$169.95

Rosa coriifolia Fries.

Rosa coriifolia Fries.

$169.95

Rosa laevigata x chinensis

Rosa laevigata x chinensis
"Rose Anemone"


$169.95

Rosa chinensis, var. minima Rehder

Rosa chinensis, var. minima Rehder
"The Fairy Rose"


$175

Rosa ferox M. Bieb

Rosa ferox M. Bieb
"Crimean Sweet Briar"


$169.95

Rosa sempervirens Linn.

Rosa sempervirens Linn.

$169.95

white moss rose

Rosa centifolia albo-muscosa
"White Moss Rose"


$169.95

Rosa fedtschenkoana Regel

Rosa fedtschenkoana Regel

$169.95

Rosa beggeriana Schrenk

Rosa beggeriana Schrenk

$169.95