[CHAPTER XXXVI]
The Best Roses to Plant
“YOU are quite right, Mother,” replied Billy, “but before we were given the lists, we learned a little more about the history and—
Classes of Roses
If we should go back many years, and give the names of the old roses and follow their history until the present time, you could scarcely remember their names.
Already you have heard of “Damask,” “China,” and “Cabbage” roses, and have been told that they were among the grandparents of the roses of to-day.
The Homes of Certain Roses
Perhaps it would interest you to know that Damask roses were found around Damascus, in Syria, and taken to Europe in about the year 1573; that the “Cabbage”, or “Provence”, rose is supposed to have been known to the Romans, and later was grown extensively in Provence, in the South of France; that the “China” rose was brought to Europe sometime in the eighteenth century from China, where it is a native or “wild” rose; that the beautiful, fragrant and delicate Tea rose was brought from China to England about 1815.