XXVI. ROSA‘CEH!: RO‘SA. 333 
Fruit elongated. (Don’s Mill.) A bushy shrub. Syria. Height 2 ft. to 8 ft. 
Introduced in 1573. Flowers large, white or red, single or double; June 
and July. Fruit red; ripe in September. 
Varieties. There are nearly 100 varieties which are classed under this species ; 
but it is very doubtful, whether many of them are not hybrids between this 
and other sorts. Among the names of the varieties classed under this 
head are, the monthly blush; the blush damask ; the red and white da- 
mask ; the red and white monthly; the incomparable ; the crimson per- 
petual; and, perhaps, the handsomest variety of the species, the quatre 
saisons, of which there are six or eight subvarieties ; the royal; and the 
York and Lancaster. 
580. R.d, ecocinea. 581. R. damascéna subalba. 
The present species may be distinguished from 2. centifolia by the greater 
size of the prickles, the greenness of the bark, the elongated fruit, and the 
long reflexed sepals. The petals of this species, and all the varieties of I. 
centifolia, as well as those of other species, are employed indiscriminately for 
the purpose of making rose-water. #. damascéna is extremely beautiful, from 
the size and brilliant colour of its flowers. 
% 31. R. centTiFo'L1a Lin. The hundred-petaled, Provence, or Cabbage, Rose. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 704. ; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 571. aN 
Synonymes. R. provincialis Mill. Dict. No. 18.; R. polyanthos 4 
Rossig. Ros. t.35.; R. caryophfllea Poir. Suppl. 6. p. 276. 3 
#i. mnguieulata Desf. Cut. 175.; R. varians Pohl Bohcm. 2, 
Engravings. Rossig. Ros., t. 1.; Red. Ros., 1. p.25.t. 1.3 and 
our jig. 582. of the double-flowered variety. 
Spec. Char., §c. Prickles unequal, larger ones 
faleate. Leaflets ciliated with glands. Flowers 
drooping. Calyxes clammy. Fruit oblong. 
(Don’s Mill.) A bushy shrub, Eastern Cauca- 
sus, in groves. Height 3 ft. to 6 ft. Introduced 
in 1596. Flowers white or red; single, but 
most commonly double; June and July. 
Fruit red ; ripe in September. 
Varieties. Above 100 varieties are assigned to 
this species, which are classed in three divi- 
sions : — 
& R. c. 1 provincialis Mill.; the Provence, 
or Cabbage, Roses; among which are 
the royal and cabbage blush ; the car- 
582. x. cenfifalla. 
