124— ROSA DAMASCENA Miller 
DAMASK ROSE 
Rosa damascena : caule elongato, arcuato ; aculeis falcatis, motlice robustis, 
sparsis, aciculis intermixtis ; foliolis 5-7 , oblongis, simpliciter serratis, nullo modo 
coriaceis, facie glabris, dorso molliter pubescentibus ; rhachi pubescente, parce 
glandulosa ; stipulis adnatis, glandulis marginatis, apicibus liberis lanceolatis ; 
floribus pluribus corymbosis ; pedunculis dense aciculatis et glandulosis ; bracteis 
lanceolatis ; calycis tubo turbinato, aciculato et glanduloso ; lobis simplicibus, 
ovatis, apice elongatis, dorso pubescentibus, margine glandulosis ; petalis rubris 
vel albis ; stylis liberis, inclusis, dense villosis ; fructu ovoideo, rubro, pulposo ; 
sepalis deciduis. 
R. damascena Miller, Card. Diet. ed. 8, vol. ii. No. 15 (1768). — Roessig, Die 
Rosen , No. 18 (1802-1820). — Lindley, Ros. Monogr. p. 62, No. 39 (1820). — Thory, 
Prodr. Monogr. Ros. p. 81 (1820). — Koehne, Deutsche Dendrol , p. 282 (1893). — 
Keller in Ascherson & Graebner, Syn. Mitteleur. Ft. vol. vi. p. 51 (1900). — Rehder 
in Bailey, Cycl. Am.Hort. vol. iv. p. 1552 (1902). — C. K. Schneider, III. Handbuch 
Laubholzk. vol. i. p. 549 (1906). 
R. belgica Miller, Card. Did. ed. 8, vol. ii. No. 17 (1768). — Roessig, Die Rosen, 
No. 40 (1802-1820). 
R. calendarum Muenchausen, Hausvater, vol. v. p. 284 (1774). — Borkhausen, 
Holz. p. 330, No. 196 (1790). — Roessig, Die Rosen, No. 8 (1802-1820). 
R. papaverina major Roessig, Die Rosen, No. 31 (1802-1820). 
R. violacea Roessig, Die Rosen, No. 22 (1802-1820). 
R. sanguineo-purpurea Roessig, Die Rosen , No. 36 (1802-1820). 
R. bifera Poiret in Lamarck’s Encycl. vol. vi. p. 276 (1804). — Thory in 
Redoute, Roses, vol. i. p. 107, t. (1817); vol. iii. pp. 9, 59, 85, tabs. (1824); Prodr. 
Monogr. Ros. p. 84 (1820). 
R. gallica damascena, f. trigintipetala Dieck in Gartenflora, vol. xxxviii. 
p. 129, f. 25 (1889). 
Stem reaching a height of 8 or 10 feet, arching ; prickles scattered, falcate, 
moderately stout, intermixed with unequal aciculi. Leaflets 5-7, moderately large, 
oblong, simply serrated, not at all coriaceous in texture, with fine veins but little 
raised on the under side, glabrous on the upper surface, softly pubescent all over 
beneath ; petioles pubescent and slightly glandular ; stipules adnate, gland-ciliated, 
with small lanceolate free tips. Flowers many in a corymb, sweet-scented ; 
peduncles densely aciculate and glandular ; bracts lanceolate. Calyx-tube turbinate, 
aciculate and glandular ; lobes simple, ovate, with a produced leafy point, an inch 
long, pubescent on the back, gland-edged. Petals very variable in colour, red or 
white. Styles free, included, densely hairy. Fruit ovoid, bright red, pulpy, ripening 
in September; sepals deciduous. 
The origin of the Damask Rose cannot now be traced. The 
frequent use of the word Damask in connection with Roses by writers 
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