18 THE BOOK OF THE ROSE chap. 



it was pretty nearly given up as hopeless, even 

 before Cloth of Gold appeared on the scene. 



The Damask Rose (E. damascena) and The French 

 Bose (E. gallica) are placed under one heading in 

 the N.E.S. Catalogue, and indeed it seems rather 

 doubtful to which of these two sections same of the 

 old Eoses belonged. These are the old pink, red, and 

 striped Eoses of our gardens, both groups having been 

 grown in this country for at least three hundred 

 years. The three old-fashioned striped Eoses, each 

 of which has been called York and Lancaster, are 

 Eosa Mundi (French) , which is red striped with white 

 and occasionally self red ; Village Maid (French) , 

 which is white striped with red ; and the true York 

 and Lancaster, which is either (sometimes all on 

 one bush) red, white, red striped with white, or 

 white striped with red, a truly handy bush for a 

 Vicar of Bray in the Wars of the Eoses. 



The Damask and French Eoses are not very strong 

 growers, producing short-jointed wood and large, 

 showy, open flowers. They are not recommended 

 as standards, and are generally grown in the bush 

 form. Fairly close pruning is required, with care 

 as to the shape, that the blooms be regularly placed 

 upon the plant. 



The flowers of the French Eose are but slightly 

 scented when freshly gathered, but the perfume 

 develops in the dried petals. The reverse is the 

 case with the Damask Eose, which is principally 

 used in the manufacture of the otto, for the scent in 

 this case is nearly destroyed by drying. 



The White Bose (E. alba). — An old-fashioned class 

 of Eoses, generally grown as bushes, and still to be 

 found by side-walks and in corners in old gardens 



