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prune, shorten back the over-vigorous growth 

 and remove some of the oldest shoots. 



DAMASK AND FRENCH. Habit: Robust 

 green shoots, vigorous grower. Foliage: Five 

 to seven leaflets, downy, coriaceous. Pale 

 green in Damask, dark green in French. 

 Prickles: Very numerous in Damask; slightly 

 fewer in French. Flower: Generally flat. 

 Those of French Rose bleach in sunlight and 

 develop perfume in dried petals. Damask 

 Rose loses scent on drying. Flower once. Cul- 

 ture: Suited to any soil, very hardy. Prune 

 by thinning out the abundant shoots. Gener- 

 ally superseded by the hybrid of other groups. 

 Types: Mme. Hardy (Damask), Boule de 

 Nantenie (French). Variations: Hybrid 

 French, less robust, smoother, short-jointed 

 wood. Hybrid China, derived from French, 

 Provence, Noisette, or Bourbon. More dif- 

 fuse growth, foliage shining, enduring late 

 in the season. Very hardy, adapted to poor 

 soils. Prune but slightly. The so-called 

 Hybrid Perpetuals, which, however, bloom 

 but once in summer, and which have helped to 

 diminish the proper appreciation of that 

 class, are properly Hybrid China Roses. 

 Type: Mme. Plantier. 



