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By the thirteenth century it was grown extensively around Provins, near Paris, its scent-retaining petals used for a famed conserve and medicaments -- 'officialis' denotes a plant approved by the apothecaries.

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'Autumn Damask' (R. damascena semperflorens) is unique among old garden roses in flowering from June to October.

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Pink blooms in clusters on an upright bush

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Rolling pale lilac towards a crimson center.

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New Albas were developed in the early nineteenth century. 'Queen of Denmark' was one of them. Victorian rosarian Thomas Rivers records " so much was this esteemed when first raised from seed that plants from Germany cost five guineas each in England." Description... pink, button eye... the choice of Graham Thomas for his midsummer buttonhole...

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Or 'Painted Damask', so called because carmine buds tip the white petals of a rounded flower... William Prince forecasted in 1846 that it would be a favorite for some time...

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First arrived in England from France in 1855... lilac-pink

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Raised from seed by the superintendent of the Luxembourg Gardens, Paris, in 1832. The large bush of 5 x 5 feet is lax and sometimes needs support.

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Inclined to hang; unusual purplish-pink heavy-headed flowers

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Henry Bennett 1890. Unlike the bush form, the climbing variety only flowers twice and the early blooms are usually poorly shaped.