60 ROSES THAT BLOOM IN JUNE. 



and in proper bounds ; they may in all other re- 

 spects be treated as hardy roses. 



ROSA DAMASCENA. 



DAMASK ROSE, OR ROSE OF DAMASCUS. 



THE Damask Rose is frequently confounded with 

 the Provins and Gallicas, which is not to be won- 

 dered at when the mixture of the various species 

 by impregnation is indiscriminately practised every 

 year, often producing plants and flowers, about 

 whose family scarcely two judges could agree ; but 

 I will point out a few that still possess all the 

 marks and characters of the pure species. They 

 all have that delicious and agreeable odor so pecu- 

 liar to the " old fashioned Damask Rose," and also 

 produce their flowers in clusters ; they have a long 

 succession of bloom, and by extra culture two or 

 three of them have a tendency to bloom in the fall, 

 and are called by the French "Rose des Quatre 

 Saisons." They are all distinguished by long 

 spreading branches thickly set with prickles ; the 

 foliage is strong, of a pale green, and deeply 

 nerved. Belladonna is a delicate pink and a 

 profuse bloomer. Grand Triomphe is also a light 



