Title: Rosa damascena semperflorens.
Description: Photograph of damask rose (rosa damascena semperflorens)
Resource type: image
Creator: Barden, Paul
Publisher: www.paulbardenroses.com
Format: jpeg; 44 KB; 350x438 pixels
Date: Retrieved August 5, 2006
Resource identifier: http://www.rdrop.com/~paul/damasks/semperflorens1a.jpg

Used for the rose oil industry in Bulgaria, this species of rose is originally from the Near East and Middle East (Turkey or Syria). Rose water was used for rinsing the hands in Renaissance Italy and in Elizabethan England. The scent of rose was a particular favorite of Queen Elizabeth I.

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