116 DESCRIPTION OP THE ROSE. 



be, the favorite of poetry and art ; and the eloquence of 

 her opening buds, half wrapped in their mossy envelope, 

 will remain through all generations a chosen interpreter of 

 the language of youth and beauty. 



ALICE LE ROY is a distinct and beautiful rose, very 

 large, full, and mossy ; color, lilac and rose ; form, cupped : 

 it grows vigorously. ANGELIQUE QUETIER is also of a 

 rosy-lilac hue, large, very double, and very mossy: it grows 

 freely, like the former. The BLUSH Moss is of growth 

 somewhat more moderate : the flower is large and full, the 

 foliage fine, and stems and buds well mossed ; color, clear 

 pale pink. CELINA is of a deep, rosy crimson, sometimes 

 verging to purple. The COMMON, or OLD Moss, is still 

 one of the most beautiful of the whole family. Its flowers 

 are large and full, and of a pale rose-color and globular 

 form. It is more abundantly mossed than most of its 

 progeny ; and none of them surpass it, indeed very few 

 equal it, in the beauty of its half-opened bud. Its growth 

 is tolerably vigorous, and foliage fine. LANEII is a vigor- 

 ous and beautiful rose ; flowers large, full, and globular ; 

 color, a light rosy-crimson. The buds are large, full, and 

 well mossed; its growth is vigorous; and, under good cul- 

 tivation, the whole plant, with its large and bright-green 

 foliage, bears a striking appearance of thrift and health. 



