18 THE BOOK OF THE ROSE CHAP. 
it was pretty nearly given up as hopeless, even 
before Cloth of Gold appeared on the scene. 
The Damask Rose (R. damascena) and The French 
Rose (R. gallica) are placed under one heading in 
the N.R.S. Catalogue, and indeed it seems rather 
doubtful to which of these two sections same of the 
old Roses belonged. These are the old pink, red, and 
striped Roses of our gardens, both groups having been 
grown in this country for at least three hundred 
years. The three old-fashioned striped Roses, each 
of which has been called York and Lancaster, are 
Rosa Mundi (French), which is red striped with white 
and occasionally self red; Village Maid (French), 
which is white striped with red; and the true York 
and Lancaster, which is either (sometimes all on 
one bush) red, white, red striped with white, or 
white striped with red, a truly handy bush for a 
Vicar of Bray in the Wars of the Roses. 
The Damask and French Roses are not very strong 
growers, producing short-jointed wood and large, 
showy, open flowers. They are not recommended 
as standards, and are generally grown in the bush 
form. Fairly close pruning is required, with care 
as to the shape, that the blooms be regularly placed 
upon the plant. 
The flowers of the French Rose are but slightly 
scented when freshly gathered, but the perfume 
develops in the dried petals. The reverse is the 
case with the Damask Rose, which is principally 
used in the manufacture of the otto, for the scent in 
this case is nearly destroyed by drying. 
The White Rose (R. alba).—An old-fashioned class 
of Roses, generally grown as bushes, and still to be 
found by side-walks and in corners in old gardens 
