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ing in due season to large and well-shaped flowers 

 of a clear pink color ; of Gloire des Mousseuses, 

 the largest member of the family, and one of the 

 most beautiful pale Roses; of Laneii, for which, 

 on its introduction, I gave half-a-guinea, and 

 which repaid me well with some of the best Moss- 

 Roses I have grown, of a brilliant color (bright 

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

 free from blight and mildew, those cruel foes of 

 the Rose in general and the Moss-Rose in partic- 

 ular; of Luxembourg, one of the darker varieties, 

 more remarkable for vigor than virtue ; of Marie 

 de Blois, a Rose of luxuriant growth, large in 

 flower, and ridi in Moss ; of Moussue Presque 

 Partout, a singular variety, curiously mossed upon 

 its leaves and shoots; and of Princess Alice, nearly 

 white, free-flowering, and much like Comtesse de 

 Murinais. But, as a rule, they soon deteriorate 

 on the Standard, and will grow more permanently 

 budded low on the seedling Brier.* Celina and 

 White Bath I have not included in the preceding 

 list, never having grown them as standards; but 

 they deserve attention — the first for its exquisite 

 crimson buds, the second as being our only really 

 white Moss-Rose, but of very delicate habit. 



* Mr. Prince of Oxford exhibited some vigorous examples of 

 Baronne de Wassenaer and Eugdne Guinnoisseau at the Rose-Show 

 of the National Society held in the Crystal Palace, 3d July, 1880. 



