8 NAT. ORDER. — LENTIGOS^. 



Other. It was formerly regarded as the Damask Rose, until by close 

 investigation it was foimd to be a perfectly distinct species. 



This division comprises the portion which has most particularly 

 interested the lovers of flowers. It is probable that the earliest of 

 which there are any records as being cultivated, belonged to some 

 portion of it ; but to which particular species those of Cpene or 

 Mount Pangceus are to be referred, is now too late to enquire. The 

 ottar of roses, which is an important article in commerce, is either 

 obtained from them indiscriminately, as in the manufactory at Flor- 

 ence, conducted by a convent of friars, or from some particular kind, as 

 in India. It appears, from specimens brought from Chizapore, by Col- 

 onel Hardwicke, that Rosa Damascena is there exclusively used for 

 obtaining the essential oil. The Persians also make use of a sort which 

 Koempfer calls Rosa Shirazeiisis, from its growing about Schu-az, 

 in preference to others ; this may be Rosa Damascena, or Rosa ccnti- 

 folia. It is, however, well known that ottar of roses from different 

 countries, is of various degrees of goodness ; that from Turkey being 

 usually the best. It is therefore probable tliat Rosa nwschata may 

 be sometimes used either alone or mixed with other kinds, especially 

 at Mogodor, where considerable quantities are procured, but of infe- 

 rior quality. To three or four species herein enumerated, nearly all 

 the fine double roses of the gardens are referable. 



Rosa Damascena. This is a shrubby looking plant, rising from 

 two to three feet in height ; pricldes unequal, larger ones falcate ; 

 sepals, reflexed ; fruit elongated ; flowers large and white, or red, 

 single or double. The present species may be cMstinguished from the 

 Rosa centifolia, in the greater size of the prickles, green bark, elon- 

 gated fruit, and long reflexed sepals. The petals of this species, and 

 all the varieties of Rosa centifolia, as well as all those of other species, 

 are employed indiscriminately for the purpose of making rose-water. 

 Native of Syria, and flowers in June and July. ^ 



P-opagation and Culture. The rose may be increa^^d by seed for 



