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of moderate or dwarf habit of growth, requiring 
rich soil and close pruning. They thrive best when 
grown upon their own roots, and a bed of the Old 
Cabbage Rose should be in every Rosarium. The 
De Meaux, or Pompon, is a most interesting and 
beautiful little Rose ; for a small bed, or for an 
edging to larger beds, nothing can be better or more 
beautiful, Few of the kinds are suitable for tall 
standards ; they will, however, thrive well upon half 
and dwarf standards. 
Cabbage Provence, or Old Cabbage Rose: flowers rose colour, the 
outer petals changing to paler rose, form globular, very large and 
full, highly fragrant ; mod. 
Cristata, or Crested (Vibert, 1827): bright rose colour, large and 
full, with crested calyx ; mod. 
De Meaux, or Pompon (O, Taunton, 1825): flowers rosy pink 
and lilac, very small and compact habit, quite dwarf; a most 
beautiful little Rose ; mod. 
Spong: pale rose, flowers small; a pretty free-flowering Rose, 
and useful for edging or for a small bed ; mod. 
Unique, or White Provence (Grimwood, 1777): flowers paper- 
white, perhaps the purest white Rose grown, form cupped, moderate 
size and full, though the petals are not very evenly disposed, habit 
moderate ; a most beautiful Rose ; mod. 
THE MOSS ROSE. 
(Rosa centifolia muscosa.) 
The original or Old Moss Rose is supposed to 
have been introduced from Holland in 1596, but as 
to its origin no satisfactory account has ever been 
given. It is, however, generally believed to be a 
sport from the Old Provence, and from the close 
resemblance which the flowers bear to each other 
(with the addition of the mossy buds of the former), 
