EOSES THAT BLOOil IX JUXE. 63 



EOSA DAMASCENA. 



DAMASK ROSE, OR ROSE OF DAMASCUS. 



The Damask Rose is frequently confounded 

 with the'Provins and Gallicas; but this is not to 

 be wondered at when the mixture of the various 

 species by impregnation is indiscriminately prac- 

 tised every year, often producing plants and flow- 

 ers, about whose family scarcely two judges could 

 agree. I will, however, point out a few that still 

 possess all the marks and characters of the pure 

 species. They all have that delicious odor so 

 peculiar to the "old-fashioned Damask Rose," and 

 produce also their flowers in clusters ; they have 

 a long succession of bloom, and by extra culture, 

 two or three of them have a tendency to bloom 

 in the fall, and are called by the French Rose des 

 Quatre Saisons. They are all distinguished by 

 long, spreading branches, thickly set with prickles ; 

 the foliage is strong, of a pale green, and deeply 

 nerved. Belladonna is a delicate pink, and a pro- 

 fuse bloomer. Grand Triomjilie is also a light pink, 

 very double, and crowded with bloom. Imjierial^ 

 a large blush flower, rather loose, but a very dis- 



