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pact. Habit, erect ; growth, robust. Foliage curious, thickly clothing 

 the stems, forming a dense bush or tree. Raised at Brenchley, in 

 Kent. A good seed-bearer. 



13. Brillante ; flowers light vivid crimson, slightly mottled with dark slate, 



large and semi-double; form, expanded. Habit, erect; growth, 

 vigorous. A showy Rose. A good seed-bearer. 



14. Catherine de Wurtemberg ; flowers delicate rose, large and very double; 



form, compact, fine. Prune very little. Introduced in 1843. 



15. Celina ; flowers deep rosy crimson, shaded with dark purple, a streak of 



white occasionally tracing the centre of a petal ; colour brilliant when 

 newly opened; large and double; form, expanded. Growth, vi- 

 gorous. A beautiful Rose ; thrives well as a Standard. A good 

 seed-bearer. 



16. Charlotte de Sor ; flowers rose, of medium size, full ; curious foliage. 



Introduced in 1843. 



17. Collet ; flowers delicate rose, paler at their circumference, of medium size, 



very double. 



18. Common, or Old ; flowers pale rose, very large and full, well mossed ; form, 



globular. Growth, vigorous ; foliage fine. One of the most beau- 

 tiful. Thrives well as a Standard. 



19. Comtesse de Murinais ; flowers pale flesh when newly opened, soon 



changing to white, large and very double ; form, cupped. Growth, 

 vigorous. Raised from seed by M. Vibert in 1843, and is, according 

 to his authority, the only White Moss Rose ever raised from seed. 

 Forms a fine Standard. 



20. Comtesse de Noe ; flowers brilliant crimson and purple, changing to deep 



lilac before shedding their petals, of medium size ; form, perfect ; 

 flowers produced in clusters, consisting of fifteen or twenty blossoms 

 each. Growth, vigorous ; foliage of a dark green, shining. Raised 

 at Gentilly. Introduced in 1846. 



21. Condorcet; flowers of a beautiful clear rose, of medium size, very double ; 



form, globular. Habit, branching ; growth, vigorous. 

 Crested Moss ; see Group V. Provence Rose, " Cristata." 



22. Crimson ; flowers rose, large and double ; form expanded, well mossed. 

 ( Damask Moss) Growth, vigorous ; foliage large and fine. Raised at Tinwell, in 



Rutlandshire ; and hence sometimes called the Tinwell Moss. 



23. Crimson French; flowers rosy crimson, of medium size, full; form, 

 {'Ecarlate) expanded. Habit, branching ; growth, moderate. The wood has a 



reddish appearance from being densely covered with red spines. 



24. Crimson Pompon ; flowers purplish red, small and full; form, compact. 

 (Oscar Foulard) Habit, branching ; growth, moderate, or small. 



Damask Moss ; see Crimson. 



