GARDEN ROSES. I77 



When the soil Is heavy, the Moss-Rose will grow upon the 

 Brier ; and I have had beautiful standards of Baron de 

 Wassenaer, a pretty cupped Rose, but wanting in sub- 

 stance ; of Comtesse de Murinais, a very robust Rose as to 

 wood, but by no means so generous of its white petals ; of 

 the charming Cristata or Crested, a most distinct and at- 

 tractive Rose, first found, it is said, on the walls of a con- 

 vent near Fribourg or Berne, which all Rosarians should 

 grow, having buds thickly fringed with moss, and these 

 changing in due season to large and well-shaped flowers of 

 a clear pink colour ; of Gloire des Mousseuses, the largest 

 member of the family, and one df the most beautiful pale 

 Roses ; of Laneii, for which, on its introduction, I gave 

 half-a-gulnea, and which repaid me well with some of the 

 best Moss-Roses I have grown, of a brilliant colour (bright 

 rose), of a symmetrical shape, and of fine foliage, free from 

 blight and mildew, those cruel foes of the Rose in gene- 

 ral and the Moss-Rose in particular ; of Luxembourg, one 

 of the darker varieties, more remarkable for vigour than 

 virtue ; of Marie de Blois, a Rose of luxuriant growth, large 

 in flower, and rich in moss ; of Moussue Presque Partout, 

 a singular variety, curiously mossed upon its leaves and 



shoots ; and of Princess Alice, nearly white, free-flowering, 



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