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their garden roses ; for, like most orientals, their 

 habits are not, and have not been, enterprising 

 enough to stimulate them to import roses from 

 distant countries. Large and very old plants of 

 the Musk Rose may sometimes be seen in the 

 gardens of old English country houses. 



Eponine is a pure white, and very double va- 

 riety, one of the prettiest of the group. Princesse 

 de Nassau is a distinct and good variety, very 

 fragrant, and blooming in large clusters; the 

 flower-buds, before they open, are nearly yellow, 

 changing to cream-colour as they expand. The 

 Ranunculus, or new White Musk, is merely an 

 improved variety of the old or original Musk 

 Rose, with flowers more double. 



Rivers's Musk, raised here from Italian seed, 

 is a pretty, free-blooming rose, with flowers of a 

 rosy buff, and very fragrant. 



Moschata Nivea, or the f Snow Bush,' and one 

 or two other roses from Nepaul, have the scent 

 peculiar to this group; but as they bloom but 

 once in the summer, and differ totally, in some 

 other respects, from the true Rosa Moschata, I 

 have not included them. For the culture of the 

 roses of this division, that recommended for Noi- 

 sette Roses, in beds and as standards, may be 

 adopted, as their habits are very similar. 



