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to bloom in the fall, and are called by the French 

 "Rose des Quatre Saisons." They are all distin- 

 guished by long spreading branches thickly set with 

 prickles j 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 

 pink, very double, and crowded with bloom. Impe- 

 rial^ a large blush flower, rather loose, but a very dis- 

 tinct sort. La Folie de Course^ bright rose, large and 

 perfectly double. Leda is perhaps not a true Damask, 

 but a very distinct and pretty variety, with white 

 flowers edged with pink, " blanche bordee." La Ville 

 de Bruxelles is very double, of a bright rose colour, 

 with strong foliage. Mathilde de Mondeville is one 

 of the sweetest of roses, of a delicate rosy lilac fa- 

 ding to blush, and blooms profusely. Painted Da- 

 mask^ in some soils, may have that quality indicated by 

 its name, but in my loamy soil it is always rose col- 

 oured, and not so well painted as the old York and 

 Lancaster^ which is often striped, and frequently one- 

 half pink and the other half white, thus according 

 with the tradition, that, on the extinction of the feud 

 between the houses of York and Lancaster, this rose 

 sprung up, with the one side pink and the other white. 

 Monthly Damask is a bright pink, blooming in clus- 

 ters and repeatedly during the season if in rich ground. 

 It is a general favourite. White Monthly Damask is 

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