large, and of the loveliest hue, vying in beauty with any 
Provins Rose. In luxuriant plants the leaf-stalks are 
adorned with moss, and the foliage is very ample, rich, and 
of a lively green colour. Amongst the Roses which I cul- 
tivate here, to the number of more than a thousand dif- 
ferent kinds, this variety promises, when more generally 
known, to become the universal favorite. Its beauty and 
rarity will, I hope, plead an excuse for departing from the 
rule against figuring varieties in this work, the Moss Pro- 
vins Rose having already found a place; but, to avoid 
repetition, it may be desirable to state, for the information 
of those who desire to possess the most eligible kinds 
of Moss Rose, that, among the newer sorts now cultivated, 
the White, the Scarlet or Tinwell, and the De Meaux, witha 
White Perpetual Moss Rose, which grows in a clustering 
manner, and resembles in habit the Quatre Saisons, are the 
most generally approved varieties. These are well worthy 
of a conspicuous place in every flower-garden, and their 
vigor is generally increased by budding them on the stock 
of the Dog Rose, whether it be desirable to keep them in a 
dwarf state, or to rear them into standards.” S. C. 
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