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Fruit elongated. (Don's Mill.) A bushy shrub. Syria. Height 2 ft. to 8 ft. 

 Introduced in 1573. Flowers large, white or red, single or double ; June 

 and July. Fruit red ; ripe in September. 



Varieties. There are nearly 100 varieties which are classed under this species ; 

 but it is very doubtful, whether many of them are not hybrids between this 

 and other sorts. Among the names of the varieties classed under this 

 head are, the monthly blush ; the blush damask ; the red and white da- 

 mask ; the red and white monthly ; the incomparable ; the crimson per- 

 petual ; and, perhaps, the handsomest variety of the species, the quatre 

 saisons, of which there are six or eight subvarieties ; the royal ; and the 

 York and Lancaster. 



. R. d. cccsinea. 



581 . R. damascene subalba. 



The present species may be distinguished from R. centifolia by the greater 

 size of the prickles, the greenness of the bark, the elongated fruit, and the 

 long reflexed sepals. The petals of this species, and all the varieties of R. 

 centifolia, as well as those of other species, are employed indiscriminately for 

 the purpose of making rose-water. R. damascena is extremely beautiful, from 

 the size and brilliant colour of its flowers. 



^ 31. 7?. CENTIFO'LIA Lin. The hundred-petaled, Provence, or Cabbage, Rose. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 704. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 571. 

 Synonymes. R. provincialis Mill. Diet. No. 18. ; E. polyanthos 



Rosaig. Eos. t. 35. ; R. caryophyllea Pair. Sitppl. 6. p. 276. ; 



R. unguiculata Desf. Cat. ]?5. ; R. vrians Pohl Bohim. 2. 



p. 171. 

 Engravings. Rossig. Ros.. t. 1.; Red. Ros., 1. p. 25. t. 1. ; and 



ourftg. 582. of the double-flowered variety. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Prickles unequal, larger ones 

 falcate. Leaflets ciliated with glands. Flowers 

 drooping. Calyxes clammy. Fruit oblong. 

 (Don's Mill.) A bushy shrub. Eastern Cauca- 

 sus, in groves. Height 3 ft. to 6 ft. Introduced 

 in 1596. Flowers white or red; single, but 

 most commonly double ; June and July. 

 Fruit red ; ripe in September. 



Varieties. Above 100 varieties are assigned to 

 this species, which are classed in three divi- 

 sions : 



& R. c. 1 provincialis Mill. ; the Provence, 

 or Cabbage, Hoses; among which are 

 the royal and cabbage blush ; the car- 



588. R ceufifMI? 



