12 THE MOSS ROSE. 



hooks, the surface is soon covered with its 

 luxuriant foliage and flowers. For this purpose 

 it is better on its own roots, as budded plants so 

 treated would throw up too many suckers. The 

 French Crimson Moss is deeper in colour, and 

 much more double than the preceding, not such 

 a luxuriant grower, but one of the best Moss 

 Roses we have, ficlatante is a ]Moss Rose quite 

 w^orthy of notice ; for it is so vigorous in its 

 growth, that it soon forms a fine tree : its colour 

 is remarkably bright. 



The Prolific Moss is not the Prolifere of the 

 French, but a dwarf variety of the common Moss, 

 and a most abundant bloomer. This is known 

 by the French florists as the Minor Moss : it is 

 a most excellent variety to keep in pots for 

 forcing. The Pompone Moss, or Mossy de 

 Meaux, has for some years been a great favourite. 

 This rose was found by i\Ir. Sweet, of the Bristol 

 Nursery, at a garden at Taunton, Somersetshire, 

 in 1814. He obtained possession of the plant 

 for five pounds ; and afterwards distributed the 

 young plants at one guinea each. It was most 

 probably an accidental sport from the Old Rose 

 de Meaux, and not from seed, as that rose is too 

 double to bear seed in this country : this is one 

 of the prettiest of roses, and one of the first to 

 make its appearance in June, gladdening us with 

 its early clusters of small and finely-shaped 

 flowers. It is not well adapted for a standard ; 



