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W R. Damascena. (Damask Rose.) This is a graceful, brilliant rose- 
carmine; semi-double, about 4”, blooming profusely in clusters mostly 3; the 
lettuce-green almost rugose foliage adds much to the beauty of the well-shaped 
bushy plant. One of the finest roses in the garden. And still once again we quote 
from ‘Old Roses,’’ Mrs. Keays— 
“Rosa Damascena, a rose suggesting poetry, travel and romance said to be a native of 
Syria, the rose brought to France by the Crusaders and thence to England, a rose claimed 
by a long and mythical past, takes its date in England from 1573, according to William 
Paul.’’ 
From San Marino, Cal. ‘Damascena is dear to my heart. I'd like a hedge of it reach- 
ing off into infinity—it would be fun to walk along it until you got there.” 
It is said the Damask Rose grows on Omar Khayyam’s grave at Nashipier. 
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R. highdownensis. From Hilling Nurseries, England,—'‘Lovers of R. 
Moyesiz will approve of this elegant seedling with ornamental thorns and foliage. The sin- 
/ gle, bright-crimson, Moyesii-like flowers, and large, bottle-shaped scarlet fruits are borne 
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in big bunches. A very good shrub up to ro feet.’’ Much admired by this writer in Roy 
Shepherd’s famous garden, Medina, Ohio, 1949. yp 
R. Moschata Abyssinica. Rampant climber. Musk giant of wildest 
Africa,—needs room. It is for the ‘great open spaces’’ only,—where its tremend- 
ous vigour can expand unrestrained. Not for severe climates. Its big clusters of 
milk-white single flowers with that sensuous musk fragrance here in our garden, 
are a special spring treat. Voie) 
R. Soulteana. We discard our own much repeated description for the 
fresh words of Hilling Nurseries, England,—‘‘ For the all-white garden, or as a foil 
to brighter colours, this rose is admirable. Dense growing to 10 or 12 ft.,—the leaves are 
grey-green and the flowers, bourne in multitudes, open white with yellow centers, from yellow 
buds. Red hips in autumn.’’ Repeats its bloom for us, and is among our handsomest 
mass-blooming roses. 1.50 
R. Spinossissima Lutea. (Scotch Brier.) We have all been completely 
charmed by our acquaintance with this bright yellow Scotch Brier, which would 
be well worth growing alone for its blue-green, lace-like foliage, much enhanced 
by the myriads of yellow blooms which cover the canes in spring (only). Says 
Hon. Secretary, very nicely—'‘The first time I saw it in bloom, the sun was slanting 
so that the erect, deep yellow stamens cast their shadows on the lower petals—the effect was 
like a piece of beautifully wrought old jewelry.”’ 
If you like brier roses you will Love this one! eds 
Among the old-fashioned roses listed as Centifolia, Alba, Gallica and Damascena, are 
found all colors from white through pink and crimson to purple, but no tints containing yel- 
low... . The purple, mauve varieties are not of immediate appeal to those generations of 
flower lovers who have gradually and unwittingly restricted their appreciation of color in 
roses to the flaming modern hybrid teas and polyanthas. Rather must we re-educate our 
senses to a wider appreciation of color,—for every color 2s fundamentally as beautiful as the 
next, except by contrast or association. —T. Hiritine Nurseries, ENGLAND 
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