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from 7?. daiiuisreiia var. iringintapelala. It is also made from 

 R. centijolia, R. jiiosrluitd, and a variety of R. alba. It may be 

 intereslinu, to rin-ord that, Iwenty-lixe or ihlrly years a,u,(), Rosa 

 damascena was raised at the Ro\al Bolaiiie (rardens, Ivew, from 

 a hip recei\'ed Irom a hush i^i'owin^ on the grave of the Persian 

 jioel, Omai' l\ha\'\'am. A shoot from this plaiU was aftt'i"\vards 

 ])hiiited on the ,gra\e of Edward I'^il/gcrald, Omar Kliay^'am's 

 first Ent^lisli translator. 



Rosa alba was described by Pliny and cultivated by the 

 Romans (J. Cerome). Some authorities ihiidc that this species 

 was the white rose used as an emblem by the House of York, 

 but others incline to Rosa arvensis, a trailinp,- species (]uite com- 

 mon in the British Isles. Maiden's Blush, an old variety' of 

 R. alba, is [)lanted near the t>'pe. 



The Musk Rose {Rosa jiioschata) rani^es widely from south- 

 eastern luu'ope, northern Africa to Ahghanistan and Nejial. It 

 has lou" been known to cultiN'alion and is sup]X)sed to be one 

 of the roses known to rheoi)hrastus. (ierome says of this rose, 



Cultive indi(sli'ielle))ient dans diverses reiiious d' Europe pour la 

 production de I'esseuce de roses.'' 



Till-: Nourii W'l'.sr Bi-:i) 



The north west bed was originalh- intended to accommodate 

 Boursault roses deri\ali\'es ot a cross between the Pyrenees 

 Rose, Rosa pendidina (R. alpina), and Rosa cliinensis. Bour- 

 sault roses, with the e\ce])tion of R. IJieriteriana (planted in west 

 species border), are ai)])arently unobtainable from American 

 nurserymen, and, as two separate shipments of R. pendulina 

 turned out to be the climbing rose Mar\' Wallace, it was decided 

 If) allow this ^■ariet\' to remain! Its long, arching shoots are bcMit 

 over and fastened to stakes so that in June the whole bed is one 

 mass of bright ]iink Hoovers. 



HvHRii) S\\ i:i':iiiRii:RS 



The southernmost bed contains the Sweetbrier Rose, or Eglan- 

 tine, Rosa E^lanteria [R. rubiginosa), Austiaan Chopper, and a 

 collection of Penzance Briers raised b\' Lord Penzance by hy- 

 bridizing the Sweetbrier \\\\h Austrian (\)])per and with garden 



