FERTILISING THE FLOWERS. 165 



since, in a pan of seedling Moss Eoses, was one 

 with a most peculiar habit, even when very young ; 

 this has since proved a hybrid rose, partaking 

 much more of the Scotch Kose than of any other, 

 and till the plant arrived at full growth I thought 

 it a Scotch Eose, the seed of which had by acci- 

 dent been mixed with that of the Moss Eose, 

 although I had taken extreme care : to my sui- 

 prise it has since proved a perfect hybrid, having 

 the sepals and the fruit of the Provence Eose, with 

 the spiny and dwarf habit of the Scotch Eose ; it 

 bears abundance of hips, which are all abortive.* 

 The difference in the fruit of the Moss and Pro- 

 vence Eoses and that of the Scotch is very 

 remarkable, and this it was which drew my 

 particular attention to the plant in question ; it 

 was raised from the same seed, and in the same 

 seed-pan, as the Single Crimson Moss Eose : as 

 this strange hybrid came from a Moss Eose 

 accidentally fertilised, we may expect that art 

 will do much more for us. 



The following extract from the 'Botanical 

 Eegister' for January 1840 will, I think, go to 

 prove that these expectations are not without 

 foundation : — 



' My principal reason for publishing a figure of 



* It is more than probable that if the flowers of this rose were 

 fertilised with those of the single Mo:^s Rose, they would pro- 

 duce seed from which some curious hybrid Moss Roses might be 

 expected. 



