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had also the sweet-brier rose, with its elegant carmine- 

 coloured flowers, and the downy rose, with its neat white 

 flowers ; the emblems of the pending strife were not want- 

 ing, but no one can now say what they were. 



As remarked above, there are two roses that represent 

 the desire of Richmond to " unite the white rose and 

 the red." The true York and Lancaster we believe to be 

 a striped damask rose; but there is another that often 

 bears the name, the proper name of which is Rosa 

 mundi, and its alliance is with the French rose (Rosa 

 Gallica}. These are not the only striped roses known to 

 cultivators, for in truth there are many ; but not one of 

 the throng has ever been much prized by critical enthu- 

 siasts that is to say, by rosarians, for that is the fashion- 

 able designation of the modern rosomaniacs to which 

 excitable and exacting fraternity the writer humbly con- 

 fesses his attachment. 



