'Quatre-Saisons d'Italie' Rose
R. damascena var. bifera
PICTURE SOURCE Les Roses, Volume III (1824)
ORIGINAL BOTANICAL NAME Rosa Damascena Italica
ORIGINAL FRENCH NAME La Quatre-Saisons d’Italie
CURRENT BOTANTICAL NAME R. damascena var. bifera
COMMON NAME Quatre-Saisons d'Italie
OTHER NAMES Italian Four Seasons Rose,
CLASS Damask (Damask Perpetual)
ORIGIN Introduced to France by Monsieur Du Pont who received it from Florence, Italy, c. 1804
FLOWERING Once-flowering; summer
SCENT Slightly perfumed
GROWTH Sparse bush, 2 feet (0.6 metres) high (modern day plants reported taller)
AVAILABILITY Still in cultivation
At left; picture of the rose ‘Quatre-Saisons d’Italie, R. damascene var. bifera, painted by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, portrait 133 out of 170, Volume III of Les Roses
