102 DESCRIPTION OP THE ROSE. 



was not many years since regarded as rare and exceptional. 

 June lias always been regarded as the month of the rose ; 

 but some of the Damasks have the peculiarity of blooming 

 twice, or more than twice, during the season. These have 

 been placed in a group by themselves, and christened 

 Damask Perpetuals. The remontant character, however, 

 is not confined to them; for individual plants belonging 

 to groups and varieties which usually bloom but once 

 will sometimes display an autumnal bloom. Thus the 

 common wild rose of New England is now and then to be 

 seen covered with flowers in September ; and there is little 

 doubt, that, from the seeds of these twice-blooming individ- 

 uals, a new race of hardy remontant roses might be pro- 

 duced. It should be added, that many of the so-called 

 Damask Perpetuals are not pure Damask, but crossed 

 with the blood of other families. 



Of the remaining races of pure blood, the Alba is 

 remarkable for the delicate coloring of its flowers ; the 

 greater part being, as the name imports, white, or nearly 

 so. The original variety grows wild in Central Europe. 



The Austrian Brier is another family, of features very 

 strongly marked. Yellow and copper are its prevailing 

 colors ; and from its habit of growth, and the color of its 

 twigs, it is easily recognized under all its forms. Its origi- 



