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Here, as in other classes of the rose, the hybridist has 

 been at work. By impregnating Moss roses with the 

 pollen of some of the ever-blooming sorts, a group of Per- 

 petual Mosses has been produced. These have, to a 

 greater or less extent, the ever-blooming quality ; but this 

 is acquired at some sacrifice of the peculiar beauty of the 

 moss. They will receive a separate notice. Again : these 

 roses have been fertilized with the pollen of the Hybrid 

 China Rose ; and the result is a Moss rose, remarkably 

 vigorous in growth, and particularly well suited to form 

 pillars. Any, however, of the more vigorous Mosses may 

 be used for this purpose, provided always that they 

 receive the highest culture in a warm and open exposure. 

 We have it on the authority of the well-known English 

 rose-grower, Mr. Paul, that, in the garden of an amateur 

 near Cheshunt, there is a pillar of the Old Red Moss 

 fifteen feet high! 



At the present day, when the annual progeny of new 

 Perpetual roses from the nurseries of France, with a hum- 

 ble re-enforcement from those of England, has eclipsed 

 by numbers the old garden favorites, the well-remembered 

 roses of our infancy, the Moss alone stands in tranquil 

 defiance of this gay tide of innovation. Nothing can 

 eclipse and nothing can rival her. She is, and ever will 



