10 THE MOSS ROSE. 



the Provence Rose, from being cultivated in 

 Italy through so many ages, produced from seed, 

 or more probably from a sporting branch, the 

 Double Moss Rose, that is, a Double Cabbage, 

 or Provence, Rose, covered with that glandular 

 excrescence which we term moss ; this branch or 

 plant was propagated, and the variety handed 

 down to us is perhaps as much admired in the 

 present day as when it was first discovered. 

 These roses always have been, and I hope always 

 will be, favourites : for what can be more elegant 

 than the bud of the Moss Rose, with its pure 

 rose-colour, peeping through that beautiful and 

 unique envelope ? 



The Blush Moss is a beautiful variety, of the 

 delicate blush of that well-known rose, the Celes- 

 tial, and so exactly intermediate between the White 

 Moss and the Common, that it is quite necessary 

 in a collection. The Crimson or Damask Moss, 

 sometimes called the Tin well Moss, was origi- 

 nated in the garden of a clergyman at Tinwell 

 in Rutlandshire ; from thence sent to Mr. Lee of 

 Hammersmith. As it was one of the first deep- 

 coloured Moss Roses, it was much esteemed, and 

 plants of it were sold at one guinea each. This 

 is a more luxuriant grower than the Old Moss; 

 its branches, leaves, and buds are also more mossy. 

 It is an excellent rose for beds ; for if its shoots 

 are pegged to the ground with small hooks, the 

 surface is soon covered with its luxuriant foliage 



