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probably produce some interesting varieties. The 

 object should be to obtain dark crimson varieties 

 with large flowers, and for this purpose Fellenberg 

 should be fertilised with Gloire de Eosomene. 

 Solfaterre with the Tea Eose, Vicomtesse de Gazes, 

 would probably give yellow varieties, and these 

 would be large and fragrant, as in Lamarque and 

 Jaune Desprez. In these directions for procuring 

 seed from roses by fertilising, I have confined my- 

 self to such varieties as are almost sure to produce 

 it ; but much must be left to the amateur, as many 

 roses may be made fertile by removing their central 

 petals, and, consequently, some varieties that I 

 have not noticed may be made productive. 



THE MUSK EOSE. 



(ROSA MOSCHATA.) 

 Rosier Muscate. 



THE White Musk Eose is one of the oldest in- 

 habitants of our gardens, and probably more 

 widely spread over the face of the earth than any 

 other rose. It is generally supposed that the attar 

 of roses is prepared in India from this species, and 

 that this is also the rose of the Persian poets,* 



* The following anecdote is narrated by the late Sir John 

 Malcolm in his sketches of Persia. I have, moreover, heard it 



