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HISTORY AND CLASSIFICATION 



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scented when freshly gathered, but the perfume 

 develops in the dried petals. The reverse is the ease 

 with the Damask Rose, which is principally used in 

 the manufacture of the otto, for the scent in this case 

 is nearly destroyed by drying 



The White Rose (R. alba). — An old-fashioned class 

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

 found by side-walks and in corners in old gardens. 

 The majority of them are not pure white, but have a 

 pale pink flush, very pretty in the bud, and open 

 flat. They will grow as standards, and require rather 

 close pruning. Felicite Parmentier (1828) and Maiden's 

 Blush (1797) are the best known varieties. 



The Hybrid China Roses are hybrids between the 

 French or Provence, crossed slightly with the China 

 race, and showing very little of the cross ; as the 

 Chinese are true perpetuals, and these remain as sum- 

 mer Roses. They are very strong growers, almost all 

 being vigorous enough for pillars or climbing, and 

 some sufficiently pendulous to form tall half-weeping 

 standards. The vigorous growers should not be too 

 closely pruned. Blairii No. 2 a fine climber, Chenedole 

 and Fulgens of brilliant colour, and Miss Ingram a 

 well-shaped old Rose of more moderate growth, are now 

 the best known. Madame Plantier, a very profuse 

 bloomer, often placed in this group, seems to have in 

 it some cross of the Noisette race. 



The Hybrid Bourbons, j3laced under the same heading 

 in the N.R.S. Catalogue, form a somewhat similar 

 group, being hybrids from the French or Provence 

 with the Bourbon race, but not having the autumnal 

 qualities of the Bourbons. Most of them are strong 

 enough in growth for climbing purposes, and should 

 not be pruned too closely when thus used. But in no 



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