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Aphids find conticnial a[)artments among the "moss" of the buds 

 where it is difficult to reach them with insecticides. 



According- to WilHam Paul, moss roses were first introduced 

 to England from Holland in 1596. Most of our specimens are 

 still small and ev'en those that have been in place for several 

 years have not shown excessive vigor. Paul says: "Moss roses 

 require high cultivation; some are of delicate growth, and will 

 only flourish in a kindly soil; others are very hardy, but all, 

 whether hardy or delicate, delight in a rich soil." This we do 

 not have. 



C\)ntinuing along the Past walk, we pass more specimens of 

 the Damask Rose, French Rose, and species of no special impor- 

 tance until at the end of the border we come upon the Cinnamon 

 Rose (Rosa cinnamomea), a Eurasian species, the double form 

 of which is sometimes found escaped from cultivation in the 

 Eastern States. According to J. (rcrome, "This very ancient 

 variety Rosier du Sainte-Sacrement was formerly much culti- 

 vated, because of its time of flowering coinciding generally w^ith 

 the date of the Fcte-Dieu." ^ (Feast of 0)rpus Christ! — the 

 eighth Thursday after Easter.) 



Pi<:mhi<:rtox Roses 



The bed extending across the North end of the Oarden is 

 devoted to Rosa moschata and its hybrids originated in England 

 about (1913 to 1919) by the Rev. Joseph H. Pemberton. These 

 hybrids have received the general designation "Pemberton" 

 roses. The simplicity of the names attached to them is alone 

 suffi-cient to endear them to us. It is refreshing to come across 

 such names as Ceres, Dajihne, C.alatea, Penelope, Sammy, and 

 Thisbe; especially after one has been driven to frenzy by such 

 names as Baronesse M. van Tuyll van Serooskerken, Souvenir 

 de I'Aviateur Olivier de Montalent, General-Superior Arnold 

 Janssen, Mrs. Erskine Pembroke Thom, and Mme. Crregoire 

 Staechelin. The latter name seems to be in transition (in this 

 country) to The Spanish Beauty; this is unfortunate in that we 

 may have two names to contend with in place of one. 



1 " Plantcs Orncmcntalcs" ])ar J. (k'Tomr, Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, 

 Paris, 1924. 



