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the Damask, and with many more yellow threads in 

 the middle. The scent hereof is much better than 

 in the White, but not comparable to the excellency 

 of the Damask Rose, yet this Rose, being well dried 

 and well kept, will hold both color and scent longer 

 than the Damask." 



THE WHITE ROSE (Rosa Anglica alba}. 



"The White Rose is of two kinds," says Parkin- 

 son, "the one more thick and double than the other. 

 The one riseth up in some shadowy places unto eight 

 or ten foot high, with a stock of great bigness for a 

 rose. The other growing seldom higher than a 

 Damask Rose. Both these Roses have somewhat 

 smaller and whiter green leaves than in many other 

 Roses, five most usually set on a stock and more 

 white underneath, as also a whiter green bark, armed 

 with sharp thorns, or prickles. The flowers in the 

 one are whitish with an eye, or shew, of a blush, 

 especially towards the ground, or bottom, of the 

 flower, very thick, double and close set together; 

 and, for the most part, not opening itself so largely 

 and fully as either the Red, or Damask Rose. The 

 other more white, less thick and double and opening 

 itself more, and some so little double (as but of two 

 or three rows) that they might be held to be single, 

 yet all of little or no smell at all." 



