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Rose is a very good name for a Chess variant piece because of its royal connections. It was an emblem of the House of Tudor, and Henry Tudor jr. (Henry the Eighth) was a king with six queens over his lifetime (like the King of a chess player who gets a lot of their Pawns promoted!). Also roses, like kings and queens, occur in both of Lewis Carroll's Alice books. The introduction to the second book has an array with a rose on e7, and I was reminded of the roses in the first book by my friend Rose King! Incidentally the Rose does not move through exactly 45º, as the move at 45º to a Knight move is a Camel move (think of the triangle b1-a3-c4).