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of the Bristol Nursery, at a garden at Taunton, 

 Somersetshire, in 1814. He obtained possession 

 of the plant for five pounds ; and afterwards dis- 

 tributed the young plants at one guinea each. It 

 was most probably an accidental sport from the 

 Old Rose de Meaux, and not from seed, as that 

 rose is too double to bear seed in this country. 

 This is one of the prettiest of roses, and one of 

 the first to make its appearance in June, glad- 

 dening us with its early clusters of small and 

 finely-shaped flowers. It is not well adapted for 

 a standard ; for, when grafted or budded, it is but 

 a short-lived plant, at least in the generality of 

 soils ; on its own roots, in light rich soils, it may 

 be grown in great perfection. The Perpetual 

 White Moss is a Damask Kose : it is pretty only 

 in bud; for, when expanded, the flower is ill- 

 shaped. This made a great noise in the rose 

 world when it first appeared ; but its reputation 

 for beauty was much over-rated. However, if 

 grown luxuriantly, it produces immense clusters 

 of buds, which have a very elegant and unique 

 appearance. This rose is a proof, often occurring, 

 that florists are apt to designate a plant by some 

 name descriptive of what they wish it to be, rather 

 than of ivhat it is. The Perpetual Moss is not 

 perpetual; but, like the Old Monthly Damask 

 Rose, in moist autumns and in rich soils it some- 

 times puts forth flowering branches. The Lux- 

 embourg Moss, or " Ferrugineuse," has been 



