ROSES IN GENERAL CULTIVATION. 39 
would yet be well to keep in separate groups 
the Summer Climbers, the Austrian Brier, 
and Moss Roses. What remains of such old 
classes as the French, Provence, Damask, 
Hybrid Bourbon, etc., may well be grouped 
with the Hybrid Chinas. 
The best of the old Hybrid China roses are 
Chénédollé, so called from a member of the 
Chamber of Deputiesin France, a vivid red of 
large size; Coupe d’Hébé (who would not 
quaff nectar from this?); Mme. Plantier, a val- 
uable white rose for massing and for hedges; 
and Paul Ricaut, still one of the most beau- 
tiful roses—alas that it blooms but once! 
The Moss Rose (Rosa Centifolia Muscosa) is 
believed to be a sport from the Provence 
Rose, and was introduced to England from 
Holland, about the beginning of the seven- 
teenth century. They are distinguished 
from other roses by the moss-like substance 
which surrounds the flower-buds, and by the 
marked Provence scent. The shoots are 
thickly covered withsmall spines. They are 
very subject, as a class, to mildew, and, with 
a few exceptions, require close pruning, rich 
soil, and high culture. On account of their 
beautiful buds they are great favorites with 
every one, and form decidedly the most 
valuable group of all the summer roses. The 
