40 THE ROSE. 
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finest varieties of the race are Common Moss, 
Crested, and Prolific or Gracilis. Most of 
the kinds have 7 leaflets. 
The Provence Rose (Rosa Centifolia Provin- 
cialis), or Cabbage Rose, is supposed to have 
been known to the Romans, and derives its 
botanical name from the great number of 
petals or flower-leaves. Its origin is not 
known, but growing abundantly in Provence, 
the South of France, it has received that 
name, though the French themselves always 
call it by the botanical name of Rose a Cent- 
Feuilles. Their habit is somewhat drooping 
and straggling, the foliage massive; the 
flowers are generally of globular form and of 
delightful scent, so that to say a variety is as 
fragrant as the Cabbage Rose is commenda- 
tion enough, so far as scent is concerned. 
This class demands good culture and close 
pruning; though but few in numbers, it was 
formerly an important group, and will ever 
be remembered through the Common Pro- 
vence, or Cabbage Rose, a variety which, 
though blossoming but once, should be found 
in every collection of any size. None others 
are worth cultivating except the highly 
scented Crested Provence, which is better 
known as Crested Moss and appropriately 
placed with the Mosses. 
