16 THE MOSS ROSE. 



carmine : this variety is well worthy of cultivation. 

 L'Eblouissante, of a brilliant crimson, and Unique 

 Nouvelle, of a deep purplish crimson mottled, are 

 two good and distinct new Moss Roses. 



Culture and Pruning. 



Moss Roses, when grown on their own roots, 

 require a light and rich soil ; in such soils they 

 form fine masses of beauty in beds on lawns. 

 The varieties best adapted to this purpose are the 

 Common Moss, the Prolific, the Luxembourg, the. 

 Crimson, and Lane's Moss. Plants of these are 

 procurable at a moderate price, and, by pegging 

 down their shoots with hooked sticks, the surface 

 of the bed will be covered with a mass of foliage 

 and flowers. They require the same severe 

 pruning as the Provence Rose. To have a suc- 

 cession of flowers on the same bed, half of the 

 shoots may be shortened in October, the remainder 

 the beginning of May, pruning closely as recom- 

 mended for the Provence Roses. By this method 

 the blooming season may be prolonged from a 

 fortnight to three weeks. They should have an 

 abundant annual dressing of manure on the sur- 

 face in November, and the bed lightly stirred 

 with the fork in February. In cold and clayey 

 soils they in general succeed much better worked 

 on the Dog Rose, forming beautiful standards. I 

 have ascertained that they establish themselves 



