Classes of roses

Scholars generally distinguish "old roses" "modern roses".
The former are usually cultivars dating from before 1867, many of which were lost. Among those still cultivated include:
the "Gallic Roses" (Rosa gallica), especially officinalis and Cardinal Richelieu;
"pink one hundred leaves" (Rosa centifolia), especially "pink pompon" (Pompon de Meaux) and "red tassel" (Pompon de Bourgogne);
sparkling roses that are sterile mutations centifolia (rose or Damascus) as Salet or chiffon;
the "rose of Damascus" (Rosa damascena), natural hybrids appeared in Asia Minor, Rosa gallica Rosa × Phoenicia, with Rose Puteaux grown for its dried and pink Recht, widespread in Angleterre5 petals;
few "roses Portland," as Jacques Cartier;
the "Hazel" or "hazelnut tea," especially Glory of Dijon, Golden Dream and Mrs. Alfred Carrière;
some 'Bourbon' Louise Odier and especially Souvenir de la Malmaison;
"white rose" Rosa × alba, rose of York, Rosa alba semiplena, leg nymph moved and Pompon perfect white.
In 1867, the creation of La France, the first hybrid tea (derived from imported Chinese roses with cargoes of tea) marks the beginning of "modern roses" roses that are "large-flowered", the "floribunda" and the "English rose".