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brilliant c.innine rose ; " Julius Finger," salmon pink ; " Mrs. 

 Laxton," bright rosy crimson ; " Earl of Beaconsfield," light 

 cherry carmine ; " Madame Ducher," rose, shaded with purple ; 

 " JDr. Sewell," brilliant crimson scarlet, shaded purple. 



In concluding this part of my subject I shall only allude 

 briefly to the cultivation of Hybrids in pots, a branch of the 

 business which is assuming large proportions with some of the 

 commercial florists of the principal cities ; New York and Boston 

 will undoubtedly produce more than five hifndred thousand 

 blooms, un'ler glass this season. New York furnishing the larger 

 proportioji of the number, and Boston from eighty to one 

 hundred thousand, and what is somewhat singular is the fact that 

 fully nine-tenths of this large Tiumber are from the old variety, 

 General Jacqueminot, which is not what under the modern sys- 

 tem of culture would be considered a first class exhibition rose, 

 as it is not very double; but is just what the florist wants, a rose 

 remarkably prolific in flower, very fragrant, of very striking 

 color at full bud or when half expanded. 



THE MOSS ROSE. 



Turning now to the fairest of the Rose family, we are reminded 

 of the poetic allegory whi(;h accounts for its added beauty by 

 supposing an angel to have found repose beneath its branches, 

 and wishing to bestow some gift in recompense, but scarcely 

 able to devise any addition to its charms : — 



" The Angel paused in silent thought : — 

 What grace was there the flower had not ? — 

 Twas but a moment :— o'er the Rose 

 A veil of Moss the Angel throws; 

 And, robed in Nature's simplest weed, 

 Could there a flower that Rose exceed ? " 



I must confess to a great love for this fascinating class, partly 

 for the reason that my light, well enriched soil with its natural 

 sub-soil drain of gravel tends to bring it to full perfection, and 

 the delicate fragrance of the foliage is peculiar and unique. The 

 ground should be prepared in the same way as for the hardy 

 perpetuals with a larger application of manure, and I also apply 

 a more liberal annual summer dressing during the blooming 

 season. I have always found the Moss Rose more difiicult to 

 successfully transplant than any other, and it starts very slowly 

 on its own roots. 



Most of my Moss Roses are worked upon the Manetti stock, 

 but the Common, I prefer on their own roots, the varieties 

 Laneii and Celine do well in this way also. 



