170 DESCRIPTION OP THE ROSE. 



fertilized with the Yellow Brier, something original may 

 be realized. Souvenir d'un Ami and Adam would pro- 

 duce seed of fine quality, from which large and bright 

 rose-colored varieties might be expected ; Niphetos would 

 give pure white Tea roses ; and Gloire de Dijon, fertilized 

 with Safrano, would probably originate first-rate fawn- 

 colored roses : but the central petals of the latter should 

 be carefully removed with tweezers or pKers, as its flowers 

 are too double for it to be a certain seed-bearer." Rivers. 



Rosa Moschata. This rose is a native of Asia, North- 

 ern Africa, and adjacent islands. In Persia it is said to 

 reach a prodigious size, resembling some gorgeous flower- 

 ing tree. It is said, too, that it is the favorite rose of the 

 Persian poets, who celebrated its loves with the nightin- 

 gale in strains echoed by their English imitators. Being 

 very vigorous, it is best grown as a climber ; but, with us, 

 it requires the shelter of glass. It flowers in large clusters 

 late in summer, and in a warm, moist air, exhales a faint 

 odor of musk. 



THE DOUBLE WHITE MUSK has yellowish white flow- 

 ers of moderate size. EPONINE has pure white flowers, 

 very double. The NEW DOUBLE WHITE, or RANUNCULUS 



