ITS HISTORY. 11 



point. It seems, therefore, very feasible that 

 the Provence Eose, from being cultivated in 

 Italy through so many ages, produced from seed, 

 or more probably from a sportive branch, the 

 Double Moss Rose, that is, a Double Cabbage, 

 or Provence, Rose, covered with that glandular 

 excrescence which we term moss ; this branch or 

 plant was propagated, and the variety handed 

 down to us is perhaps as much admired in the 

 present day as when it was first discovered. 

 These roses always have been, and I hope always 

 will be, favourites : for what can be more elegant 

 than the bud of the Moss Rose, with its pure 

 rose-colour, peeping through that beautiful and 

 unique envelope ? 



The Blush Moss is a beautiful variety, of the 

 delicate blush of that well-known rose, the Celes- 

 tial, and so exactly intermediate between the 

 White Moss and the Common, that it is quite 

 necessary in a collection. The Crimson or 

 Damask ^loss, sometimes called the Tinwell 

 Moss, was originated in the garden of a clergy- 

 man at Tinwell in Rutlandshire ; from thence 

 sent to Mr. Lee of Hammersmith. As it was one 

 of the first deep-coloured Moss Roses, it was much 

 esteemed, and plants of it were sold at one guinea 

 each. This is a more luxuriant grower than the 

 Old Moss ; its branches, leaves, and buds are also 

 more mossy. It is an excellent rose for beds ; for 

 if its shoots are pegged to the ground with small 



