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'Quatre Saisons Tous-les-Mois' rose References
Book  (1996)  Page(s) 21.  Includes photo(s).
 
Quatre Saisons ('Autumn Damask', 'Four Seasons', 'Damascena bifera'. R. damascena semperflorens, 'Rose of Castile') Damask shrub... thought to be a cross between R. gallica and R. moschata (though in place of the last named, R. abyssinica has recently been suggested by Ivan Louette of Belgium as more likely, because... it repeats...
Book  (1995)  Page(s) 69.  Includes photo(s).
Book  (Nov 1994)  Page(s) 39.  
 
Played some part in the formation of the Mosses
Book  (Nov 1994)  Page(s) 43.  
 
It is notable not for the shape of its blooms but for its propensity for putting forth flowers from June to October. Clear pink. Also called the 'Alexandrian Rose'
Book  (1994)  Page(s) 17.  
 
Quatre Saisons and Quatre Saisons Blanc Mousseaux are frequently found in old settlements around Australia and New Zealand...
Book  (Nov 1993)  Page(s) 13.  
 
The poet Martial (ca. AD 40-102) refers to the fact that "roses in winter bear the highest price", and it seems that the 'Autumn Damask Rose' was grown in Egypt and transported to Rome to maintain the supply during winter. This same rose, a cross between R. gallica and R. moschata, was mentioned by Virgil (ca. 70-19 BC) as the twice-flowering rose of Paestum. It was also found in frescoes at Pompeii.
Book  (Nov 1993)  Page(s) 23.  
 
(R. x damascena semperflorens, R. x bifera) repeats in autumn and is known in France as the 'Quatre Saisons' Rose and in Spain as the 'Alexandria Rose', indicating that it probably arrived there from Egypt ... descended from R. gallica ... its othe rparent [is] R. moschata.
Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 33.  
 
Damask (OGR), medium pink, (R. damascena semperflorens (Duhamel de Courset) Rowley; R. bifera Persoon; R. damascena bifera hort., not Regel;, etc., 'Rose des Quatre Saisons'; 'Four Seasons', 'Quatre Saisons', 'Rose of Castille'; 'Castilian'; 'Old Castilian'); prior to 1819; Like 'Summer Damask', but tending to bloom in autumn as well as early summer. One parent of the Hybrid Perpetual roses. Probably the Four-Seasons Rose of Paestum mentioned by classical writers. Perpetual White Moss is a sport of this.
Book  (Feb 1993)  Page(s) 95.  Includes photo(s).
Book  (1993)  Page(s) 18.  
 
Sir Thomas Hanmer gives the first mention of the Autumn Damask in England. "'The Monthly Rose,' a very Damaske in leaves and sent, but it beares two or three moneths more in the yeare than the ordinary Damaske, and very plentifully, if it stand warme. It is called often Rosa Italica."
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