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white to deep carmine, belong here, and are often confounded 
with those of the common Centifolia or Provence. We 
may mention the Rose de Champagne or de Meaux, which 
is a dwarf variety, and Tricolore de Flandre, which is supposed 
to be a hybrid between the Provins and some other species. 
This rose is of medium size, very double, admirably streaked 
with bright carmine on a white ground. It is perhaps the 
most beautiful of striped Ruses. 
R. Dainaseenu, Damask or Monthly Rose, may be nothing 
more than a tolerably distinct race of R. centifélia, so much 
does it resemble this species in all its essential characteristics. 
It is distinguished from it, however, by its longer spincs, 
oblong fruits, flowers in corymbs, and the recurved calyx- 
leaves at the time of flowering—in the latter character 
approaching J. alba. The origin of this species is equally 
obscure with that of the preceding; but according to tradition 
it comes from Syria, and particularly from the neighbourhood 
of Damascus, whence it was brought by a certain Comte de Brie 
on his return from the Crusade. Some authors, among others 
Lindley and Loiseleur-Deslonyschamps, unite R. Bélgicu, the 
Belgian Rose, which differs in its smaller stature and larger 
clusters of flowers, and RR. bifévu, remarkable for the long 
duration of its flowering season, with A. Damascéna, as 
simple varietics. 
Horticultural catalogues mention numerous varieties of the 
Damask Rose, with rose, white or striped flowers. Many of 
these varietics are indubitably hybrids, and not always re- 
cognisable from those issuing from R. Portlandica, which itself 
may be of hybrid origin. We may cite the following as being 
some of the best:—Leda or Painted, blush, edged with lake ; 
La Ville de Bruxelles, very large and double, of a rosy salmon 
colour; Aadume Svétmans, creamy white, large and full; 
Mudane Hardy, the most beautiful of the White Roses of this 
group; and lastly, according to some Rose growers, Gloire des 
Rvusomanes, discovered by M. Vibert, of Angers, amongst his 
seedlings, and by some without further proof referred to the 
Tea Rose; but William Paul makes a subordinate group of this 
and the varieties it has given rise to in the Hybrid Perpetual 
class. 
R. Portlandica, the Portland Rose, so named in honour of 
the Duchess of Portland, a great admirer of Roses, who had 
